3:44pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– Nine adults and three children were injured when a Jeep Cherokee allegedly ran a stop sign at the intersection of Maple and Kossuth Street hitting a city bus owned by the Greater Bridgeport Transit.  The bus then hit a silver minivan and several parked cars.  Assistant Fire Chief Harold Clarke told me the injuries ranged from back injuries, strains to bumps and bruises.  The firefighters went into mass casualty mode which is any incident in which emergency medical services resources, such as personnel and equipment, are overwhelmed by the number patients.  The firefighters and EMS prioritize the injured, the most severely injured treated and transported first.

 

Special thanks to Jim Miron of BridgeportPersonalinInury.com for making this report possible.

3:44pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– Nueve adultos y tres niños resultaron heridos cuando un Jeep Cherokee presuntamente no paro en la intersección de Kossuth y Maple street y choco con un autobús de la cuidad de Bridgeport. El autobús luego de chocar con el Jeep tambien choco con varios autos estacionados en la calle. El assistente jefe de bomberos, Harold Clarke me dijo que los heridos varío de lesiones en la espalda, golpes y moretónes. Los bomberos entran el el modo de victimas en masa que es cualquier incidente en el que los recursos de servicios de emergencua médica, tales como personal y equipo no tenian suficientes por el numero de pacientes. Los bomberos y EMS prioridad a lor heridos, los más grave se transportaron primero.

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