Crime & Safety
New York Bus Crash Closes I-95 Southbound in Harrison [Update]
Early morning accident involved motor coach going from Mohegan Sun to New York's Chinatown.
4:50 pm update
Various media reports say at least one, and perhaps two more passengers on a bus that rolled over on Interstate 95 in New York early this morning have died, possibly raising the count of fatalities to 15.
Because of the continuing investigation of the accident, the New York State Thruway Authority says the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 remain closed where the highway intersects with I-287 in Harrison, N.Y. All traffic is being routed onto the Cross Westchester Expessway at exit 21.
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A spokesman at the authority's control center said it's likely the closure willl continue for several more hours.
Original Story, with 1:50 p.m. Update
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Interstate 95 southbound is closed in New York where it intersects with I-287 in Harrison. The New York State Thruway Authority says all southbound traffic is being diverted at exit 21 onto the Cross Westchester Expressway.
It's unknown when the highway will reopen.
The closure is the result of an early morning bus crash at I-95 exit 14 in New York that resulted in 13 fatalities and eight critically injured.
The bus was traveling from the Mohegan Sun casino to New York's Chinatown when the accident occurred on the Westchester County-Bronx border at about 5:30 am.
The bus driver told authorities the bus was clipped by a tractor trailer, causing it to flip onto its side, according to the Associated Press. A thick steel column holding up an exit sign then sliced it in half lengthwise. Police are searching for the driver of the tractor trailer, which did not stop, according to a state police spokesperson.
The bus was operated by World Wide Tours.
In New York, all lanes are blocked on I-95 southbound between exits 14 and 15. Traffic is being diverted off the highway at Exit 18A/18B -- Mamaroneck Ave./Fenimore Rd. -- according to the New York State Thruway Authority.
The National Transportation Safety Board has announced it has dispatched a team of investigators to the accident scene.
New Rochelle Patch contributed to this story.
