SEPTA bus collides with pickup truck, passengers injured in North Philadelphia

SEPTA says the passengers suffered non-life-threatening injuries
Friday, July 23, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- SEPTA confirms passengers have been injured after a bus collided with a pickup truck in North Philadelphia.

It happened around 6 a.m. Friday at 5th Street and Allegheny Avenue.
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Police say the Route 47 bus collided with the truck, crashed into a utility pole and then came to a rest in a parking lot of a used car dealership. The bus also struck some of the used cars.



SEPTA says the passengers suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The truck suffered severe front-end damage, but there was no word on injuries to anyone in the vehicle.


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Authorities have shut down the area to traffic.

An investigation is underway on what led to the collision.
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