Contractors spent Tuesday morning repairing the harm and changing the 250-pound manhole cowl, which blew off because the Q66 bus headed east on Northern Boulevard in Corona.
The bus was actually lifted off its wheels earlier than the driving force misplaced management and slammed right into a parked automotive.
It occurred on October 30, and Eyewitness Information obtained video of the incident and the speedy aftermath.
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A complete of 9 individuals have been injured onboard the bus, a few of whom have been taken from the scene on stretchers.
Raynelda Calderone works close by and got here working. She filmed the harm contained in the bus the place the manhole cowl punched a gap within the ground.
“I regarded inside and noticed a girl inside who was bleeding, and I name 911 and keep there till they got here to assist her,” she mentioned
The stretch of Northern Boulevard had not too long ago been re-paved, and one supply conversant in the venture advised Eyewitness Information that the manhole was possible broken when the unique street floor was floor up and eliminated by the DOT — and by no means correctly changed.
It could as an alternative lay unfastened, an accident ready to occur.
The quilt was correctly changed Tuesday by contractors employed by Verizon, whose employees use the manhole.
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Appearing MTA Chairman Janno Lieber has praised DOT at instances, however not over this.
“DOT was repaving the road, and it seems to be like there was one thing imperfect about how the manhole was reapplied,” he mentioned. “I imply, we work carefully with DOT. They’re chargeable for the streets. , we’re like all driver who’s simply driving alongside and hits a pothole.”
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