New York Port Authority shut after multi-bus accident, 14 rushed to hospital

At least a dozen people sustained injuries after three buses collided near Port Authority Bus Terminal Wednesday morning, bringing Manhattan traffic to snail's speed at the height of the rush. According to NJ Transit, which uses the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the facility was shut down before 8 a.m, reports NBC New York. The circumstances of what led up to the crash were unclear at the time.

Port Authority Bus Terminal has been closed for the morning commute into New York City due to a crash at the entrance ramp, authorities said. The crash happened shortly after 6 a.m. on the inbound ramp at West 40th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan. All the fourteen people are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Twelve people were treated for minor injuries, while one person was taken to a hospital for further evaluation, reported The New York Post.

In a post on X, NJ Transit said: "New York Port Authority is closed due a multi bus accident. NJ TRANSIT bus service traveling to and from the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal is being diverted to Secaucus Junction, Newark Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal."


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The FDNY is expected to hold a briefing and share more details from the scene. The New Jersey Transit Corporation, which uses the bus terminal, said Port Authority was closed "due to a multi bus accident" and that services were being diverted to other facilities in New Jersey, reports USA Today.

The Port Authority Bus Terminal website said the high trafficked Lincoln Tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey has "a delay of 30 minutes due to a crash at the entrance of the bus terminal."

According to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, it serves an estimated 260,000 passenger trips on busy weekdays. The transit hub serves routes for daily commuters in New Jersey and the Lower Hudson Valley, and it also accommodates bus services to and from cities across the Northeast and Canada, including Washington, and Philadelphia. In August 2020, a bus crash on a ramp near Port Authority in Manhattan injured 16 people.