Several taken to hospital after PAT bus, van collide

PITTSBURGH — Several people were taken to the hospital after a van and a Port Authority of Allegheny County bus collided Friday morning in Pittsburgh, officials said.

The crash was reported shortly after 8:30 a.m. near the intersection of East General Robinson and Sandusky streets.

EMS workers said six people who were on the bus, including a girl, were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Port Authority officials said the driver of the van ran a red light and hit the right side of the bus. The front of the van was mangled.

“Everyone screamed. It was a really loud impact. It hit right on the side of the wheel. Everybody on that section fell. There was a lady next to me whose head hit the pole,” Christopher Gary, who was on the bus, said.

The driver of the van was hurt, but did not go to the hospital.

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