Raymond Mong, 49, Henry Wdowiak, 68, and Gregory Liljefors, 55, killed and 16 injured in crash between tour bus and city bus at Northern Boulevard and Main Street in Flushing, Queens, New York
3 die as buses collide at New York City intersection
Police say the crash in Flushing, Queens, killed a pedestrian on the sidewalk, the tour bus driver and a passenger on the city bus.
3 killed in dramatic New York bus crash
The wreck also reportedly caused damage to a nearby building, where a small fire had to be extinguished and leaking gas had to be shut off.
Dramatic Images: MTA, Tour Bus Collide in Queens
An MTA spokesman said the Q20 bus was making a right turn on Northern Boulevard shortly before 6:30 a.m. when the private bus, which read Dahlia on the back, struck it.
VIDEO: Queens bus crash caught on camera; 3 dead, 16 hurt
Dramatic surveillance video shows the moments when a charter bus slammed into the side of an MTA bus with passengers on board in Queens early Monday morning.
Tour Bus Driver In Fatal Queens Crash Was Fired From MTA Following 2015 DUI
The tour bus driver who plowed into an MTA bus on Monday morning in Queens, killing himself and two others, was previously employed as an MTA bus driver—until he was fired for a DUI in Connecticut.
Victim in Queens bus-crash horror was headed to friend's funeral
"It makes me so angry the company hired a driver with a bad history - a DUI. This guy shouldn't have been a driving a bicycle, much less a bus," Kurpiewski told The News.
CT DUI Conviction Not Enough To Ban Deadly NY Bus Driver
It's possible his out-of-state conviction slipped through the cracks. Private motorcoach operators aren't required by federal law to do a criminal background check on employees, though the rules differ for school bus drivers or anyone carrying hazardous materials.
Dropped Thermos Eyed in NYC Bus Crash That Killed 3
The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday said it couldn’t rule out the possibility that a dropped thermos caused the crash by preventing Mong from hitting the brakes, though it noted the exact cause of the crash isn't clear.
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