SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A public transit agency has released interior surveillance video of the moment when a pickup truck smashed through the middle of a Syracuse bus last week.
The Centro bus was stopped at an intersection on the afternoon of Jan. 19 when the driver of the pickup lost control and broadsided the bus. The truck's front end was lodged inside the bus.
The video surveillance camera mounted at the front of the bus shows a passenger facing the oncoming truck react in horror, causing a man sitting across from her to glance away from his cellphone and look over his shoulder.
Syracuse Police identified the man as 60-year-old Herbert Barry. He attempted to move but was knocked across the aisle by the impact. Police say Barry broke his leg and hurt his hand.
The other passengers in the bus, and the couple in the truck suffered only minor injuries.
The driver of the truck, 82-year-old Neil Brownell of West Monroe, NY was ticketed for Failure to Reduce Speed on a curve and Failure to Keep Right on a Highway. He was uninjured in the crash.
