Bus crashes into 12 cars, building in Pikesville, leaving 33 injured in 'mass casualty incident'

WBALtv ^ | 7/8/26

[CFW]

PIKESVILLE, Md. — A massive crash involving a bus and 12 vehicles in Pikesville injured as many as 33 people and trapped two people in the wreckage, Baltimore County fire officials said.

Officials said emergency crews were called around 5:48 p.m. Wednesday for a crash involving a Maryland Transit Administration bus and cars in the 1500 block of Reisterstown Road.

Authorities declared a mass casualty incident for which 15 ambulances, Medevac helicopters and the Shock Trauma GoTeam responded to the scene. Officials said medical ambulance buses responded from Howard and Anne Arundel counties.

Fire officials said one person was trapped in the bus and one in a car and that a Medevac helicopter flew a patient who suffered critical injuries to a hospital. All patients were taken to hospitals by 7:18 p.m., officials said.

According to the Maryland State Highway Administration, Reisterstown Road is closed in both directions between Old Court Road and Sudbrook Lane.

One of the cars overturned onto its roof on the sidewalk and several other cars were seriously damaged. Officials are examining the structural integrity of the buildings involved.

[CFW]

That's quite a crash. So, was it due to a medical issue, driver distracted by cell phone, or foreigner that forgot where the brake was located?

[CFW]

[CFW]

[BenLurkin]

I think there’s a rule here that the bus has to go over a cliff. Or something like that.

[MayflowerMadam]

“Officials are examining the structural integrity of the buildings involved.”

But they’re not investigating the status of the bus driver — illegal alien?

[CFW]

But they’re not investigating the status of the bus driver — illegal alien?

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Yeah, someone should be checking on the driver. Medical issue, DUI, illegal alien...those are all possibilities.

[lightman]

Maryland ping

[Responsibility2nd]

15 people got on the bus before the crash.

27 people got off.

“I wants my lawyer!”

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#4" "I think there’s a rule here that the bus has to go over a cliff."

Which is technically known as a bus plunge.

[CFW]

“I wants my lawyer!”

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By the time the lawsuits are filed, 180 people will have claimed to have been on that bus.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Is the driver's last name Singh?

[CivilWarBrewing]

BUS PLUNGE by The Bobs

[Tell It Right]

I just hope the driver wasn’t heard yelling Allahu Akbar. That always confuses authorities on the cause.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Thanks! That's was good. I'd like to hear Manhattan Transfer do a cover of that.

Lyrics:

Don't brake for animals tonight
Got to keep the passengers safe
No help can be found in this part of the world
Don't brake for animals tonight
Don't let the night slow you down
Got to get the passengers home
The road is empty, your lights are bright
Don't let the night slow you down
B-b-bus plunge (One more cup of coffee and I'll be alright)
The driver says bus plunge (pop a bennie, another bennie)
The driver says bus plunge, bus plunge
Stay to the right of the line
Don't get the passengers scared
The curves in the road are not really there
Stay to the right of the line
B-b-bus plunge (One more cup of coffee and I'll be alright)
The driver says bus plunge (pop a bennie, another bennie)
The driver says bus plunge, bus plunge
Don't brake for animals tonight
(Never mind the creatures in the road ahead)
The driver says don't brake for animals tonight
(Run the stoplight, run the stoplight)
The driver says don't brake for animals tonight
(Don't think about the lady in the Chevy turning left)
The driver says don't brake for animals tonight
(Almost home, you're almost home)
The driver says bus plunge, bus plunge.

[Sacajaweau]

one story building

[TornadoAlley3]

Diabetic driver? Too much Aloha Snackbar?

[Palio di Siena]

Any Pikesville people here?
Looks the old Fields Pharmacy Building

[Libloather]

Aloha Snackbar?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Haven’t paid Pikesville much mind since the rye distillery closed in 1976. Another thing Kentucky stole from us, I remember when Maryland fried chicken was the gold standard.