Three dead, more than a dozen injured after buses collide in Queens(BUS CRASH NYC)

Firefighters and first responders swarmed the scene following the deadly 6:20 a.m. crash in Flushing at the intersection of Northern Boulevard and Main Street, using hydraulic extrication devices to free some of those trapped in the wrecked buses. The private bus — run by Flushing-based Dahlia Travel and Tours — struck the city Q20 bus, then crashed into a corner Kennedy Pizza & Chicken while the MTA bus was smashed up against it, facing the wrong direction on eastbound Northern Boulevard, officials said. The crash ignited a small fire inside the building, officials said.



Two buses crashed at Northern Boulevard and Main Street in Flushing, Queens, early Monday.G.N. Miller Two of the three fatalities died at an area hospital, and a pedestrian who became pinned under one of the buses was dead at the scene, according to officials. Of the 16 people injured, five were in critical condition, according to authorities. The others suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were listed in stable condition. Emergency responders rushed the injured to New York Hospital Queens and Elmhurst Hospital, officials said. Among the injured was Kang San, 56, who had stopped to get coffee at a nearby shop and was sitting inside his Toyota on Northern Boulevard when his car was struck during the collision. “My husband is lucky. Maybe two minutes [earlier] it would be worse. He was walking before,” said San’s wife, Yung Lim, 62, who noted that San was picking up his co-workers. “He said, ‘I am lucky today.’” San was taken to Elmhurst Hospital after suffering injuries to his back and leg, Lim said. “He was nervous,” Lim said at the scene, adding, “When I come here, a lot of people lying on the floor. A lot of people were in pain.” Queens resident Yong Suk Miller, 66, heard the crash from inside her seventh-floor apartment on Northern Boulevard. “I feel the building shake a little. I hear crunching and shaking,” Miller said. “I thought it was truck. Then I hear a lot of ambulances and fire trucks. This is bad.” A passer-by said he thought the incident was related to terrorism. “I was just coming from work. I thought it was a terrorist attack, I saw so many sirens and lights flashing,” Jay Rivera, 52, told The Post. “I’ve never seen an accident of this magnitude. The impact must’ve spun the bus around. A lady told me that the buses hit at full speed. They have the Jaws of Life out, so you know it must be bad,” he said. NYPD Chief Elton Mohammed told reporters at a press conference that investigators are canvassing the area for surveillance video. A person who answered the phone at Dahlia said he didn’t know about the crash and hung up. The NYPD’s 109th Precinct described the crash on Twitter as “very serious.” The collision is causing heavy traffic delays, police tweeted. The city’s Office of Emergency Management also tweeted: “Due to a bus accident, expect extensive traffic delays & a heavy presence of emergency personnel in the area of Northern Blvd & Main St, QN.”