The accident ripped off part of the roof, leaving the driver’s seat and first rows of the bus open.
Overnight a bus from DC to Newark slammed into an overpass at Newark Penn Station. 50 people on board and everyone is expected to survive, police said. Live updates on EWN #abc7ny pic.twitter.com/44CWy7OTm1
— Derick Waller (@wallerABC7) August 13, 2018
Fifty people were onboard. Some were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. But all are expected to be OK.
The overpass has signs that tell drivers that the overpass only has a clearance of 9 feet, 4 inches. A tour bus is higher than that, WABC reported.
The bus was operated by Liberty Coach, Inc., WNBC reported.
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