Chaos erupted in Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood earlier today when a school bus plowed into multiple cars and a pedestrian, according to police. The incident, which took place near Henry Grew Elementary School on Gordon Avenue before the school day began, left two people injured and rattled the community.
As reported by CBS Boston, the Boston Police Department, which responded to the collision's aftermath at around 8:15 a.m., said that those involved sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to the hospital. No children were on the bus at the time of the crash. Images from the scene captured a car with severe front-end damage and an SUV hoisted awkwardly upon it.
Witnesses watched in dismay as emergency responders cordoned off the area with yellow tape while investigations commenced. Boston Public Schools remains uncertain whether the school bus directly struck the pedestrian, conveying to NBC Boston that the crash was a spinoff of a larger chain-reaction incident that involved multiple vehicles.
The details leading to the crash are still blurry, and the Boston police are digging into the cause of the sudden mayhem. The intersection of Gordon Avenue still bears the marks of the day's turmoil, with the damaged vehicles as a testament to the morning's events. Meanwhile, the community is left to ponder the fragility of safety on the streets they walk and ride along every day.
