3 injured after wrong-way crash involving SEPTA bus in Havertown: police
HAVERTOWN, Pa. (CBS) -- A serious crash on West Chester Pike in Havertown left an SUV on its nose and sandwiched between a SEPTA bus and a tractor-trailer.
Police say the crash was caused by a wrong-way driver and involved five vehicles, including that SEPTA bus. Havertown police chief John Viola tells CBS News Philadelphia the striking vehicle's driver had a diabetic emergency causing them to lose control.
Multiple people were injured.
Police say a car crossed over to the wrong side of the road and hit the SEPTA bus, tractor-trailer and other cars along the way.
"It could have been a lot worse, thankfully no one was seriously injured," Deputy Chief Joseph Hagan said.
Maggie Delaney was headed home from work and said she saw police and firefighters rushing to help.
"I was like, 'Oh mom I think a car fell off the tow truck from over here,' because that's what it looked like to me and then all these cop cars and sirens started coming down the pike and everything," Delaney said.
Police say there were some witnesses who saw the driver before the crash.
"From the witnesses described he was during carelessly," Hagan said.
Police say three people were injured. Everyone is expected to be OK.
"This is a busy intersection, it's not a dangerous intersection but accidents occur like any other intersection," Hagan said.
This marks the seventh crash involving SEPTA in the last three weeks. Police say they were able to look at nearby surveillance videos.