New York City Bus Crashes Near Bronx Overpass, Dangling Above Roadway

The express commuter bus missed a turn on the route that travels between Manhattan and the Bronx. The driver, the sole occupant of the bus, was not injured.

A New York City bus driver missed a turn and crashed through a low stone wall near an overpass on Friday morning, bringing the vehicle to a stop with its front end hanging over the road below, the police said. There were no injuries.

A Fire Department spokesman said the driver had been the sole occupant.

At about 8:40 a.m., the driver of the BxM1 bus, an express commuter bus that travels between Riverdale, in the Bronx, and Midtown Manhattan, missed a turn at Independence Avenue and Kappock Street in the Spuyten Duyvil section of the Bronx. He lost control of the vehicle, which “skidded over the stone wall,” the police said. “The front portion of the bus is hanging over the road.”

The bus was traveling southbound on the west service road of the Henry Hudson Parkway, which connects the Bronx and Manhattan, the police said. Rubble from the damaged wall tumbled onto the road below the overpass, photographs from local media sites showed.

Firefighters and emergency law enforcement personnel responded to the scene, which caused a stir on a local social media site.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates public transit in New York City, rerouted buses along the route.