FATAL SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENTIN MIDWOOD, BROOKLYN, OCEAN AVE & AVE N

BROOKLYN, NY MIDWOOD SECTION: AT APPROX. 9:00 AM OCEAN AVE & AVE ‘N’. A VEHICLE FORD WINDSTAR TRAVELING E/B ON AVE N STRUCK A FEMALE PEDESTRIAN IN THE CROSSWALK AT OCEAN AVE. VEHICLE #2 A CHEVY SUBN TRAVELING N/B ON OCEAN AVE SLOWED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION AND WAS REAR ENDED BY VEHICLE #3 A MINI SCHOOL BUS (WITH NO CHILDREN ON THE BUS), VEHICLE #4 TRAVELING S/B ON OCEAN AVE PROCEEDED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO AVE N STRUCK THE MINI BUS CAUSING THE MINIBUS TO MOUNT THE SIDEWALK AND PIN A F/W/20’S AGAINST THE BUILDING. THE F/W/20’S WAS PRONOUNCED DOA AT THE SCENE. EMS AND HATZOLAH ON THE SCENE ADVISING THAT 4 OTHERS WERE REMOVED TO MAIMONIDES HOSPITAL IN STABLE CONDITION. THE DRIVER OF THE MINIBUS WAS REMOVED TO KCH IN STABLE CONDITION. NYC POLICE A.I.S. TEAM IS ON THE SCENE INVESTIGATING.

A LEVEL 1 MOBILIZATION HAS BEEN CALLED BY THE POLICE DEPT. FOR TRAFFIC/CROWD CONTROL.