Philly-Area Ambulance Strikes Bus

Sept. 17--A private ambulance crashed into a SEPTA bus Thursday morning in the Wynnefield area of suburban Philadelphia, injuring three, SEPTA officials said.

The incident took place around 10 a.m., when a Route 52 bus was traveling south on 54th Street near Lebanon Avenue, officials said.

The bus had just finished its run, and was empty but for the driver.

SEPTA officials said the ambulance T-boned the bus, injuring two people in the ambulance and the bus driver.

It was unclear whether the people injured in the ambulance were patients or operators. The ambulance belonged to a private company that officials did not identify.

The three injured were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.

The Philadelphia police department's accident investigation unit is at the scene, SEPTA officials said.

SEPTA is the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. 

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