13 hurt in special needs bus crash in Westchester County

Monday, December 18, 2017
BEDFORD, New York (WABC) -- Thirteen people were hurt in a crash involving a bus and a car in northern Westchester County Monday afternoon.

The crash happened at about 3:45 p.m. on Route 172 near the intersection of West Patent Road in Bedford.
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Bedford police said the crash involved a private bus for adults with special needs and another vehicle. Ten ambulances responded to the scene.

The driver of the car, a 55-year-old woman from Stamford, Connecticut, was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.

On the bus, the driver and 11 passengers were all taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. An attendant who was on the bus was not injured.



Route 172 iwasclosed from Interstate 684 to McLain Street in Mt. Kisco while police investigated the crash.
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Police are now working to determine the cause of the crash.

Editor's note: Police initially reported this was a school bus involved, but later updated to say it's a private bus.

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