The crash happened around 3 p.m. Thursday in the Juniata section of the city.
SEPTA spokeswoman Sylvana Hoyos says several people have reported injuries. She says the extent of their injuries isn't immediately known.
Witnesses tell Action News a driver of a white van was allegedly talking on her cell phone and drove through a red light as she was driving westbound on Hunting Park Avenue.
The van, witnesses say, then slammed into the SEPTA bus. The impact caused the bus to hit two parked cars and then crashed into the support pillar.
Police do say, however, after having interviewed a series of witnesses, they've gotten an array of accounts that have not afforded them the ability to pin down exactly what happened.
14 people in all were injured.
All of the injured, which according to police, included twelve of the people on the bus, as well as the two women in thevan, were taken to Albert Einstein, Temple, and Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children. Among the injured were a pregnant woman and a young boy.
The busdriver had to be cut out of the vehicle.
According to police, none of the injuries are life threatening.
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The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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