KINGSVILLE, Md.— Twenty seven folks suffered minor accidents Sunday after a bus crashed and rolled on I-95 north of Baltimore, based on the Baltimore County Fire Department.
The crash occurred close to Kingsville, Maryland, shortly earlier than 7 a.m., fireplace officers mentioned in a press release. The car was operated by megabus and was carrying 47 folks. Officials mentioned that 15 of the 27 folks injured have been taken to native hospitals.
No different autos have been concerned in the crash, which is being investigated by Maryland State Police, Baltimore County Fire Department officers mentioned.
Dan Rodriguez, a megabus spokesman, mentioned in an e-mail that the motive force of the bus was among the many 15 folks taken to the hospital. Several of them have already been launched and might be supplied transportation to their ultimate vacation spot, he mentioned.
The firm might be conducting a radical evaluate of what occurred, however didn’t have additional remark on the circumstances surrounding the crash.
“Our top priority is the safety of our customers and employees,” Rodriguez mentioned.
Phil Givens, who lives close by and took drone footage of the bus on its facet, mentioned the crash occurred on the southbound facet of the freeway. He mentioned that specific stretch of street is straight.
“They’ve been doing construction, but it’s on the northbound side,” he mentioned by telephone.
Taylor Morningstar, who works for an area storage that towed the bus away, mentioned by telephone {that a} tire on the passenger facet 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,” mentioned Morningstar.
He mentioned the bus had a skylight on the roof that was “spiderwebbed” from the influence.