Crime & Safety
7 Injured in School Bus Crash on Newkirk
All injuries minor after bus totals car at corner of Coney Island Avenue Thursday evening.
A school bus hit a car at the intersection of Coney Island Avenue and Newkirk Road just before 7:45 p.m. Thursday.
The crash sent seven people to Kings County Hospital with minor injuries, an FDNY spokesman said.
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Baba Sheaken was working at a Pakistani grocery store on the corner of Coney Island and Newkirk when he heard a car's breaks and then a loud "bang."
He ran outside and saw that the bus had totaled a red sedan with an older driver inside, he said.
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At about 10:15 p.m. the same evening, shattered glass still lay on the street along with a flattened street sign and bollard.
And two other cars had just had a fender bender.
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