Bus in Queens crashes into parked cars, injuring passengers after driver suffers medical incident

Several passengers aboard a bus in Queens were injured when the driver suffered a medical seizure and lost control of the vehicle, which collided with several parked vehicles, authorities said.

Police said the Q32 local bus was traveling eastbound on Queens Boulevard near 46th Street in Sunnyside around 9:34 a.m. Nov. 10 when the driver, a 51-year-old man, began experiencing severe abdominal pain suffered which caused him to pass out behind the bike.

According to police, the bus suddenly turned left and crashed into a fence and several cars parked under the elevated train line 7.

The bus driver, along with two female passengers, ages 36 and 65, were taken to Elmhurst Hospital with minor injuries and are expected to recover.

Firefighters, MTA employees and police officers flooded the scene of the accident. First responders on scene reported that the bus was trapped on the twisted metal fence and a concrete median. Emergency services are working to recover the bus and tow it away for repairs.

amNewYork Metro reached out to the MTA, which said the incident was still “under investigation.”