Chaos struck early Saturday in Chicago's Little Village as a CTA bus collided with a building, leaving four individuals with varying injuries after a concerning interaction with a white sedan, according to authorities. According to NBC Chicago, the crash occurred around 4 a.m. when a white sedan, driven by an 18-year-old male with a 21-year-old female passenger, ran a traffic light and broadsided the bus on 26th Street. The impact sent the northbound bus hurtling into a nearby building.
There were no citations immediately handed out in the wake of the accident, which left the bus driver and her passenger, aged 38 and 52, respectively, in good condition while the sedan's driver was marked in serious condition and his passenger as good, according to the police and both parties were swiftly taken to Mount Sinai Hospital for treatment, as reported by NBC Chicago.
Amid the aftermath, a passenger on the #53 bus, Amparo Galan, detailed her harrowing experience to ABC7 Chicago, stating, "I had just closed my eyes when the accident happened", she added, "I went flying from my seat. I hit myself in the corner of the other seat, right here, really hard, here in my ribs." This personal account vividly illustrates the suddenness and violence of the incident that rattled the early morning quiet in Little Village.
