New York Daily News

Teens’ bus in hellish crash

- Rescuers respond after bus carrying teens slammed into an overpass on the Southern State Parkway on Long Island, injuring 24 people. News Wire Services

A CHARTER bus carrying teenagers hit an overpass Sunday night on Long Island, shearing off the roof and injuring 24 of the people onboard, police and a report said. State Police say the crash happened shortly after 9 p.m. on the Southern Lakeview. State Parkway in

Two dozen of the 47 people onboard suffered injuries, NBC News reported, citing law enforcemen­t sources. The severity of the injuries was unclear.

Video showed teens sitting and standing outside of the damaged white bus, some draped in blankets, as firefighte­rs inspect the wreckage. With limited exceptions, buses are not permitted on the Southern State Parkway because of low overpasses .

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