A Boston Bus charter bus carrying Boston University students collided with another vehicle at the corner of Bay State Road and Raleigh Street Wednesday at about 11 a.m., officials said.
Boston University Police Department Sargent Jeffery Burke said the vehicle, which was headed the wrong way on Raleigh Street, crossed Bay State Road and stopped in front of the bus. The bus, which was transporting students from the School of Education, hit the car.
No one on the bus was injured, but the driver and the passenger of the car were transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Burke said.
The police report said no one was on the bus, Burke said.
However, Deanna Abbondola, a SED sophomore, said she was on the bus when it collided with the other vehicle.
“We take the bus every Monday and Wednesday to the Trotter school in Roxbury for SO211,” Abbondola said. “All year we’ve been doing this, mostly sophomores, TAs and a few seniors.”
The bus was returning from the elementary school when the collision occurred, Abbondola said.
The bus sustained minimal damage to its bumper, according to The Boston Globe. The other vehicle, a white Mercedes-Benz, sustained damage to the driver’s side, and the vehicle’s hood had to be removed by a chainsaw.
“We were driving down Bay State and all of a sudden there was a big jolt,” said Jessica McBride, a SED sophomore who was on the bus. “Most people on the bus bumped into the seat in front of them. One of the TAs came out of her seat. She was all right though.”
She said she was sitting in the back of the bus and did not see the collision, but she felt the bus try to stop very quickly and in the process it hit the other vehicle.
“Everyone seemed to be okay and then everybody got off, our TAs told us to leave,” she said.
CORRECTION: Deanna Abbondola was quoted referring to the school as “a charter school,” but she actually called it “the Trotter school.”
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Just wanted to clarify that it’s the Trotter school and not a charter school!
I always see this Mercedes on campus driving like an idiot either too fast or trying to Tokyo drift around corners…just one of many that think their kewl cars mean they can drive like idiots.