Six hurt including one in serious condition after bus smashes into an apartment building in New York

One man has been seriously injured and five more hurt after a bus slammed into an apartment wall in New York yesterday afternoon, tearing off part of the building.

Driver James Honodrat, 39, had to be cut from the wreckage in Queens and taken to hospital, while four passengers were also hurt, alongside at least one person in the apartments.

The Resorts World Casino bus apparently ripped through the wall after Honodrat swerved to avoid a vehicle making a sharp turn in front of him in the Rego Park neighborhood of Queens.

 

Driver James Honodrat, 39, had to be cut free by firemen after smashing this Resorts World Casino bus into an apartment building yesterday afternoon while serving to avoid a vehicle making a sharp turn

Honodrat was taken to hospital in serious condition after the accident along with four bus passengers and one person from inside the building, fire crews said

The driver of the vehicle has been issued with a summons for making an illegal left turn, police told NBC New York.

Despite their injuries all of the victims are expected to survive, according to fire crews. 

Speaking to New York daily News, 16-year-old Daniel Kimyagarov told of how he put a ladder against the back windows of the bus to help people out.