NEW YORK, USA -According to report, a tour bus traveling down a major highway in New York was clipped by a tractor trailer, flipped onto its side and was sliced in half by the support pole for a large sign yesterday, killing 13 people and critically injuring six others, authorities said.At 5:30am (1030GMT) in the Bronx left a scene of carnage and closed the southbound side of Interstate-95 for hours while emergency workers attended to critically injured survivors.
However, a tractor trailer, did not stop after the crash and New York Police began a hunt for him- The bus, operated by the charter company World Wide Tours, was headed to Manhattan's Chinatown neighbourhood carrying a full load of passengers returning from the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. As it entered the city, it was struck from behind by a tractor trailer, Browne said. The bus began swerving, toppled and crashed into the support post for a highway sign indicating the exit for the Hutchinson Parkway.
The pole entered through the front window, then sheared the bus from front to back along the window line, peeling the roof off all the way to the back tires. Police and fire officials say the bus was carrying at least 31 passengers. The driver survived. In addition to the fatalities, six passengers were critically injured and four more hospitalised with less severe injuries, a fire department spokesman said. Eleven others sustained minor injuries. Traffic was also closed on the northbound track after the crash, but was moving again by mid-morning.
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