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A woman was hit and killed by a Catholic school bus on the Upper East Side on Thursday, police said. The woman, believed to be in her 40s, was killed at the corner of 93rd Street and Second Avenue at about 3:30 p.m., police said. The bus was carrying six children, ranging from 5 to 11 years old, from St. Stephen of Hungary School, police said. The children were not injured. The bus was traveling west on 93rd Street when it struck the woman, who was walking on Second Avenue, crossing the street.
A school bus carrying nine students with disabilities got stuck in a massive sinkhole in Washington Heights that residents say has been wreaking havoc on cars for years. Nobody was injured in the accident, which occurred on W. 164th St. between Broadway and St. Nicholas Ave. after a water main ruptured, an Education Department spokeswoman said. A witness saw the bus moments after the sinkhole devoured the left rear wheels of the 10,000-pound vehicle around 8 a.m. Tuesday. “He (the driver) couldn’t move.