six people hurt badly enough to have to be taken to local hospitals. when the trail ways bus they were riding on rear-ended a tractor-trailer. i ve got some of the video here on the ipad to show you as we take a look at the scene this morning. very early on. luckily none of the injuries life-threatening. all 11 other people on board the bus weren t hurt at all. apparently the bus as i said rear-ended a tractor-trailer just before sunrise. it has been a very tough year or so for bus travel especially around the new york city area. a series of accidents. first in late july another tour bus, tractor-trailer collision. this one left one person dead and dozens injured. both vehicles were destroyed in a huge fireball. back in march, 14 people were killed in a horrific early morning crash when a casino bus returning to the city skidded on its side. the bus flipped for about 100 feet or so before crashing into a sign pole which literally sliced the top of that bus clear off. the driver in this
all that debris you see that comes from the water rushing through. many of that was the homes and building reduced to nothing. a lot of folks now wondering about how they can help. on our web site at foxnews.com. you can go there and log on to figure out all the four need to donate. we encourage you to check it. you. if you can be so kind to send a donation to the american red cross or chair of the your choice. japan needs the world s help and you can help, too. alisyn: there are new questions about that horrifying bus crash in new york city. 14 people were killed after a tour bus returning from a casino overturned on a highway. the driver says he was clipped by a tractor-trailer before sliding off the road into a sign
killed have not been released. the bus slid into a sign pole that sheared its roof off. transportation officials are investigating that. we re also watching what is happening here in a shuttle accident. this is according to what we re hearing, a worker at launchpad 39 fell and was killed. what we understand is that they were working on the space shuttle endeavour at the time. investigation is under way there. again, a worker at launchpad 39 working on endeavour has fallen and died. also breaking news right now, we re getting out of massachusetts, a team of investigators are looking into a situation where a chemical plant exploded, shaking a massachusetts neighborhood. it sent four people to the hospital. again, that explosion happening in massachusetts. we re watching all of those peeszs of breaking news for you. we re also watching japan, of course. social media has played an important role as the catastrophe develops there. google people finder went live
heather: new details on a horrifying bus crash in new york city. passengers and witnesses told them that the driver actually swerved before the crash. if true, the report directly contradicts the driver s story, that was clipped by a tractor-trailer before sliding off the road and into the sign pole. but driver s friends and family are standing by him. he tried to prevent it from happening and he is really sorry for whatever happened. saved a family, a grandmother was in a wheelchair and brought them out of fire. according to this report, passengers are saying they did not hear anything hit them. 14 people died in the accident early saturday morning. heather: time for the top of the news. p.j. crowley resigns after krit
flipped over onto its side and then smacked into a stanchion. this is a sign pole. and that pole almost literally sliced through the bus in half lengthwise nearly completely through. as you said, 14 dead, at least 18 hospitalized and the injuries are being described as horrific. in general what the extent of their injuries were, they ranged from skull fractures, spinal fractures, internal bleeding, multiple broken bones and lacerations. reporter: and the force of the impact forced most of the passengers to the front of the bus. that s where most of the dead and injured were. however, there were, police say, about seven or eight people who were in the rear of the bus pinned in by that sign post. now, among the injured is the driver. and hospital officials tell us that he is conscious and has been able to speak with the