Three New Jersey Transit buses crashed early Wednesday morning, forcing the hours-long closure of New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal amid rush hour traffic.
The collision occurred on the unloading area of the terminal in Midtown Manhattan, near West 41st Street, just after 6 a.m. It left a dozen people with minor injuries, including one person who was transported to Bellevue hospital.
Sources said one of the bus drivers was trapped inside the vehicle in wake of the multi-bus crash and was extricated by the Port Authority Police Department’s emergency services unit.
Everyone is expected to make a full recovery and bus service at the terminal resumed around 10 a.m.
“New York Port Authority Bus Terminal is closed due to a multi bus accident,” NJ Transit said in a post shared on X just after 8 a.m.
Bus service traveling to and from the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal was temporarily diverted to Secaucus Junction Newark Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal in wake of the crash.
From there, some commuters were forced to take the PATH into the city. Trains were also making additional stops at Secaucus to accommodate affected passengers, the agency said.
All NJ transit bus tickets and passes will be cross-honored by NJ TRANSIT rail, New York Waterway at Port Imperial and by PATH at Hoboken, Newark Penn Station and 33rd Street New York.
While the cause of the crash remained unclear, a source told NBC New York one of the bus drivers may have suffered a medical emergency.
An investigation into the matter is ongoing.
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