Public road accident

An investigation is underway after a crash involving a METRO bus and a vehicle left 14 people transported to the hospital on Saturday afternoon, according to METRO officials.METRO officials said that a METRO bus operating on Route 54 was involved in a traffic collision while traveling on McGowen Street on the overpass for Highway 288. METRO officials said that the bus is believed to have been hit from behind by another vehicle and subsequently went off the bridge.
"We make these all the time, but this was one of the more difficult rescues that we had to deal with," said HFD Captain Mario Gordon.
At the time of the incident, the METRO bus had 13 passengers on board plus the bus operator, according to METRO officials. METRO said that the bus operator was not hurt, but the driver of the vehicle that allegedly struck the bus was transported to the hospital and is in critical but stable condition. All other injuries were minor, according to METRO.According to METRO officials, all passengers and the bus operator have been safely removed from the bus."Most of the people were out of the vehicle, the pedestrians or passengers on the vehicle were out when we got here," Cpt. Gordon said.HFD said there was one person who was pinned in the bus and needed help getting out.
"We use jaws of life and almost every cutting tool that we had so that we can remove those elements to get her leg out and free her," Cpt. Gordon said. "She was in great pain, and we were doing everything to try to comfort her."Wayne Lewis said he was just a couple of blocks away when he heard the crash."I finally get up here and I realized that it was a bus and I got so scared because that's one of my coworkers, because I work for Metro," Lewis said. "It just gave me goosebumps because I'd never seen something so bad."As of late Saturday afternoon, METRO said the scene remains an active, developing situation.ABC13 has real-time traffic data to help you navigate Houston's roads and avoid traffic delays. Sign up for traffic alerts that are sent straight to your phone through our ABC13 app. Manage your notifications from the settings tab.