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Twenty-seven people are injured – including 15 rushed to hospital – after megabus carrying 47 people ROLLS on I-95 in Maryland
- The crash occurred on I-95, near Kingsville, Maryland, shortly before 7am, the Baltimore County Fire Department said in a statement
- The vehicle was operated by megabus and was carrying 47 people. Officials said that 15 of the 27 people injured were taken to local hospitals
- Dan Rodriguez, a megabus spokesman, said in an email that the driver of the bus was among the 15 people taken to the hospital
Twenty seven people suffered minor injuries after a bus crashed and rolled in Baltimore on Sunday.
The crash occurred on I-95, near Kingsville, Maryland, shortly before 7am, the Baltimore County Fire Department said in a statement.
The vehicle was operated by megabus and was carrying 47 people, who were traveling from New York and were headed to Washington, D.C, local news station WBAL-TV reported.
Officials said that 15 of the 27 people injured were taken to local hospitals.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which is being investigated by Maryland State Police, officials said.
Dan Rodriguez, a megabus spokesman, said in an email that the driver of the bus was among the 15 people taken to the hospital.
Several of them have already been released and will be provided transportation to their final destination, he said.
This image provided by the Baltimore County Fire Department shows the scene of a Megabus crash on I-95 south near Kingsville, Maryland
Crews responding to the scene after the accident
The company will be conducting a thorough review of what happened, but did not have further comment on the circumstances surrounding the crash.
‘Our top priority is the safety of our customers and employees,’ Rodriguez said.
Phil Givens, who lives nearby and took drone footage of the bus on its side, said the crash occurred on the southbound side of the highway.
He said that particular stretch of road is straight.
‘They’ve been doing construction, but it’s on the northbound side,’ he said by phone.
Taylor Morningstar, who works for a local garage that towed the bus away, said that a tire on the passenger side was ‘most of the way ripped off, probably because of the way (the bus) came down into that ravine.’
‘It looked like they may have kicked the windshield out to start funneling (people) out of the bus,’ said Morningstar.
He said the bus had a skylight on the roof that was ‘spiderwebbed’ from the impact.
The vehicle was operated by megabus and was carrying 47 people, who were traveling from New York and were headed to Washington, D.C
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