There were no injuries reported after a BxM1 bus crashed into a high wall by 2601 Henry Hudson Parkway and Kappock Street / Independence Avenue in the Spuyten Duyvll section of The Bronx on Friday morning, Jan. 17, according to City officials.

 

The FDNY said they received a call at 8.40 a.m. for a report of a bus hanging from an overpass. They said there were no reported injuries but emergency units are continuing to operate at the scene. The MTA later confirmed that the FDNY helped the driver off the bus.

When contacted, an NYPD spokesperson said at 8.40 a.m., upon arrival at Independence Avenue and Kappock Street, officers from the 50th Precinct were informed that a 57-year-old, male, MTA bus driver was traveling southbound on the Henry Hudson Parkway West when he failed to navigate the roadway and lost control of the bus, missing its turn and skidding over the stone wall. “There were no injuries reported,” the spokesperson added.

Asked if the bus had been occupied at the time with many passengers, the spokesperson said, “I don’t have that detail at the moment.”

 

We asked the MTA if they could confirm this information. A spokesperson later responded, saying, “The incident involving a BxM1 bus was reported at 8:32 am at Kappock and Henry Hudson Parkway.”

The MTA spokesperson added, “No customers were on board at the time. No injuries have been reported.” Asked if there were any other vehicles involved in the accident, the NYPD spokesperson said it was just the bus.

 

Some videos of the scene can be viewed here and here, courtesy of Stephanie Coggins.

 

TWU Local 100 MTA Bus Vice President Danny D’Amato, Division Chair Mike Capocci, Yonkers Depot Chair Marcus Soler and TWU Safety Team members Joseph DiPaola and Jamie Ayuso later said they had also later responded to the scene. They said the 26-year-veteran bus driver at the wheel had been attempting to pass a poorly parked vehicle obstructing a narrow single lane service road.

 

They said the bus slid on black ice into a ditch, and the front wheel hit a guardrail, damaging a stone wall abuting the Henry Hudson Parkway. “The Bus was safely removed by the TWU Local 100 road service crew with the help of FDNY, they said. “Vice President D’Amato said the operator is shaken up by this unfortunate incident but thankfully nobody got injured.” Watch a video of the bus removal here.

With collision investigations, the NYPD handles all criminal aspects of the investigations, while NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) reviews the street design at the locations of such crashes. We reached out to DOT for more information and will share any updates we receive.

A DOT spokesperson later said of the accident that the parking at the corner [of the Henry Hudson Parkway West service road, southbound, before the bend by Kappock Street] is not new, and was temporarily removed while MTA Bridges & Tunnels made improvements to the nearby pedestrian and bicycle path. The spokesperson added that the contractor is resposible for returning parking spaces after work is complete.

 

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81), who represents the local area, said on Friday, “I was on the scene of the BXM1 bus crash with Council Member Eric Dinowitz. Thankfully, there were no customers on board and no injuries. The bus operator was safely removed by the FDNY and is unharmed. The crash happened while the driver tried to go around a double-parked car.”

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