Crime & Safety

New Jersey Driver Reportedly Rear-Ends Parked City Bus in Williamsburg

One man was in critical condition Tuesday after the crash at Graham and Scholes.

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — A driver reportedly in town from New Jersey rear-ended an empty and out-of-service B57 city bus that, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), was stopped at Graham Avenue and Scholes Street around 2:22 p.m. Tuesday.

One person in the car was "red tagged" and transported to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, an MTA spokeswoman said.

No passengers were in the city bus at the time it was hit, the spokeswoman said, and the bus driver sustained no injuries in the crash.

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New York Daily News photographer Todd Maisel tweeted some harrowing photos of the crash scene:

Officers from the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad were also photographed at the scene Wednesday as they looked into the circumstances of the crash.

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