Metro.usMyMetro Events http://www.metro.us Thu, 23 May 2013 05:38:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 School bus crash injures 3 in Brooklyn http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/05/21/school-bus-crash-injures-3-in-brooklyn/ http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/05/21/school-bus-crash-injures-3-in-brooklyn/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 19:15:30 +0000 Allen Houston http://www.metro.us/newyork/?p=154843 Three people were seriously injured when a school bus collided with a car in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning, DNAinfo.com reports. The crash, near East 5th Street and Avenue C in Kensington,  took place around 7 a.m. and left both the front of the bus and driver's side of the car badly damaged. Two of the injured were reportedly taken to Kings County Hospital while the third was taken to Maimonides Medical Center. The ages and identities of the patients have not been released.  ]]> Seven students were injured in a crash involving a school bus in Burlington County Tuesday morning. File photo

Three people were seriously injured when a school bus collided with a car in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning, DNAinfo.com reports.

The crash, near East 5th Street and Avenue C in Kensington,  took place around 7 a.m. and left both the front of the bus and driver’s side of the car badly damaged.

Two of the injured were reportedly taken to Kings County Hospital while the third was taken to Maimonides Medical Center. The ages and identities of the patients have not been released.

 

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]]> http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/05/21/school-bus-crash-injures-3-in-brooklyn/feed/ 0 Eleven injured in Queens house fire http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/04/01/11-injured-in-queens-house-fire/ http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/04/01/11-injured-in-queens-house-fire/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:59:38 +0000 Laura Shin http://www.metro.us/newyork/?p=128385 This is the Queens home where a fire broke out on the second floor early Monday morning, critically injuring four people. (Image via Google Maps) A fire broke out inside the second floor apartment of this Queens home early Monday morning, leaving four in critical condition. (Image via Google Maps)[/caption] Eleven people were injured, four of them critically, when a fire tore through a two-family house in Queens early Monday morning. The fire started just before 2 a.m. inside the kitchen of the second-floor apartment at 169-03 65th Ave., according to the FDNY. Those who were critically hurt include a 3-year-old, a 14-year-old and two parents, ABC News reports. They were trapped inside their bedrooms and were rescued by firefighters through windows. Most of the injuries are smoke-related.]]> This is the Queens home where a fire broke out on the second floor early Monday morning, critically injuring four people. (Image via Google Maps)
A fire broke out inside the second floor apartment of this Queens home early Monday morning, leaving four in critical condition. (Image via Google Maps)

Eleven people were injured, four of them critically, when a fire tore through a two-family house in Queens early Monday morning.

The fire started just before 2 a.m. inside the kitchen of the second-floor apartment at 169-03 65th Ave., according to the FDNY.

Those who were critically hurt include a 3-year-old, a 14-year-old and two parents, ABC News reports. They were trapped inside their bedrooms and were rescued by firefighters through windows. Most of the injuries are smoke-related.

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