Posted on 01/27/2017 12:27:24 PM PST by delchiante
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A pickup truck struck a Centro bus in Syracuse just over a week ago, lodging itself in the bus and injuring multiple people.
Videos from cameras on the bus show the truck crashing through the side of the bus and throwing a passenger forward. Centro released the surveillance footage after Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard filed a Freedom of Information Law request.
Neil Brownell, the driver of the pickup, was driving off Interstate 81 north at Park Street around 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19 when the accident happened, said the Syracuse Police Department. Brownell swerved into the left lane to avoid traffic near the end of the ramp, police said. The truck went off the road and crashed into a Centro bus that was stopped on Park Street at the Farmers Market Place traffic light. The truck was stuck in the bus several feet above the ground.
Police said several passengers were treated for minor injuries. The bus driver, Daphne Ross-Powell, 54, of Syracuse, was treated at Crouse Hospital for chest pain.
The pickup driver, Brownell, 82, of West Monroe, was not injured, police said. His wife, Jerrie Brownell, 75, of West Monroe, a passenger in his truck, was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center for chest pain.
No tickets were immediately issued after the crash.
Were you involved in this crash? Are you in this video? Syracuse.com would like to hear your story. Please reach out to Samantha House at shouse@syracuse.com or (315) 466-4160.
Praise God no one was killed!
The woman climbing over that injured man to get out, without even trying to help him or even look his way is really charming.
She should be publicly shamed, almost as much as the idiot driver.
The way people come whipping around that corner coming off 81, it’s no wonder the truck hit with that kind of impact.
It’s a miracle the guy wasn’t killed. The fraction of a second that woman’s warning gave him to react probably saved his life. He was already moving away from the impact when it happened, instead of taking the full brunt of it.
That man was astute enough to jump up and get out of the way....he would have been killed had he stayed in his seat.
Wow! My Adblocker registered 40 popup ads blocked on that page. Just, wow!
small city newspaper site..
they have an updated video that adds different angles and sound.
I suspect they are really excited about having the videos for those ads..
Hey - it tried to download/update something on my laptop.
I killed it quickly.
I think that is an unsafe site.
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