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COURIER LIFE, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
BUS-TED UP
CRASH: A motorist smashed into a crosstown bus at Ocean Avenue and Avenue J on Sept. 12. Photo by Steve Solomonson
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Eight people suffered pain and injury
after a motorist slammed into
a city bus in Midwood on Thursday
— two blocks away from where
another collision claimed the life
of a 10-year-old boy last week.
The driver of an express crosstown
BM1 bus told police he was
passing through a green light at
Avenue J on his way south along
Ocean Avenue at 11:30 p.m., when
the operator of an SUV suddenly
collided with the larger vehicle,
causing it to careen into a nearby
light poll and nearly fl ipping it on
its side.
Paramedics rushed eight people
to Maimonides Hospital, where
they were treated for minor injuries,
according to a spokeswoman
for the Police Department, who
could not confi rm whether police
made an arrest or issued any summonses
related the crash, saying
an investigation into the collision
remains ongoing.
The crash happened just two
blocks from where a driver jumped
the curb and killed a 10-year-old
boy waiting for the bus on Ocean
Avenue at Avenue L on Sept. 10.,
and safe street activists would hold
a vigil for the slain boy just hours
before Thursday’s crash occurred.
The incident also happened just
blocks away from where a driver
killed Park Slope cyclist Jose Alzorriz
at Coney Island Avenue and
Avenue L in August.