Three New Jersey Transit buses crashed early Wednesday morning, forcing the closure of New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal amid rush hour traffic.
The collision occurred at the terminal in Midtown Manhattan, near West 41st Street, around 6 a.m., News 12 reported. It left at least a dozen people injured, including one who was transported to a hospital for further evaluation.
Their exact conditions were not provided, but they are all expected to recover.
“New York Port Authority Bus Terminal is closed due to a multi bus accident,” NJ Transit said in a post shared on X just after 8 a.m. “NJ TRANSIT bus service traveling to and from the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal is being diverted to Secaucus Junction Newark Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal.”
From there, commuters will have to take the PATH into the city. Trains will also be making additional stops at Secaucus to accommodate affected passengers, the agency said.
All NJ transit bus tickets and passes will be cross-honored by NJ TRANSIT rail, New York Waterway at Port Imperial and by PATH at Hoboken, Newark Penn Station and 33rd Street New York.
While the cause of the crash remained unclear, a source told NBC New York one of the bus drivers may have suffered a medical emergency.
An investigation into the matter is ongoing.
