Eighteen people were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries after a double-decker tour bus collided with a New York City commuter bus on Thursday evening in Manhattan, according to the city’s fire department.
The front windows of a double-decker TopView tour bus were shattered in the collision with the rear of a bus operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which took place around 7 pm (2300 GMT) at First Avenue and 23rd Street on the east side of Manhattan
Both buses were crowded, according to New York Fire Department officials who briefed reporters, and another 63 people were evaluated by medical staff at the scene.
Most of the injuries were cuts, scrapes and bruises, fire department officials said, though some people were treated for suspected fractured bones and head and neck injuries.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday visit uttar pradesh’s Gorakhpur and his parlimentary constituency varanasi, where he will launch various development projects worth around Rs 12,000 crore and flag off two trains of Vande Bharat Express.
During his whirlwind tour to the two eastern Uttar Pradesh districts, he will also address a meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Wajidpur. District BJP sources told news agency PTI that PM Modi is expected to hold ‘tiffin par charcha’ with the party workers after the rally.
