A bus that was carrying teenage passengers sits on the side of the roadway after it hit an overpass on the Southern State Parkway in Lakeview, New York. Photo / AP
A charter bus carrying teenagers returning from a spring break trip struck a bridge overpass on Long Island, New York, seriously injuring six passengers and mangling the entire length of the top of the bus.
The crash happened on the Southern State Parkway in Lakeview, according to New York State
Police.
One of the six injured passengers had very serious injuries, said State Police Major David Candelaria. Thirty-seven other passengers suffered minor injuries.
"Everybody was able to walk out except one, which we extricated," Lakeview Fire Department Chief Patrick McNeill told Newsday. "There was glass everywhere. The roof of the bus is down to the top of the seat covers."
Video shows teenagers sitting and standing outside of the white damaged bus, some draped in blankets, as firefighters inspect the wreckage. Multiple ambulances and firetrucks responded to the scene.
