“A double-decker tour bus with an open-air top reportedly lost control and crashed into the construction site of the new Apple flagship store, at the corner of Post and Stockton, just before 3 p.m. today,” Jay Barmann reports for sfist. “NBC Bay Area has a chopper on the scene and reports at least seven injuries, saying as many as 30 people were on board the bus.”
“Three of those injured are said to be in critical condition, according to the SFFD,” Barmann reports. “From live footage on the scene it appears multiple vehicles were involved in the crash with several wedged against the scaffolding by the bus, and a second open-air tour bus next to the one that crashed.”
Union Square staffers say double decker tour bus "lost control," ran into traffic, Apple store construction site pic.twitter.com/NfQtJOCNjN
— Chris Rоbегts (@cbloggy) November 13, 2015
#BREAKING: Multiple people injured in tour bus crash in #UnionSquare; several cars involved. https://t.co/8w7ajblw2U pic.twitter.com/UXMU6BEmrC
— Simone Aponte KTVU (@simoneaponte) November 13, 2015
UPDATE: Tour bus with up to 30 on board crashes in Union Square; multiple injuries reported. https://t.co/jIbBWgVwRN pic.twitter.com/peN2z4rkC0
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) November 13, 2015
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“At least four people suffered critical injuries after a double-decker tour bus lost control in traffic near Union Square on Friday afternoon, striking several vehicles and knocking over nearby construction scaffolding, witnesses said,” Chris Roberts reports for The San Francisco Examiner. “The red tour bus, operated by City Sightseeing, was traveling east on Post Street around 3 p.m. when it “lost control,” according to a man working with the the Union Square Business Improvement District, who declined to give his name.”
“The bus struck several cars and trucks in traffic before veering to the left, where it struck scaffolding on the construction site of the new Union Square Apple stor,” Roberts reports. “A bicyclist was also struck by the bus, according to scanner traffic.”
More info and photos in the full article here.
“SF Fire Dept. spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge updated the situation saying three people had suffered moderate to life threatening injuries, and that no children were injured,” KTUV reports. “Talmadge said a minimum of five cars are totaled and that one bus lost control for several blocks and struck people along the way, including at least one person on the sidewalk and a bicyclist. The cyclist is said to be among those who are critically injured.”
“SFPD said Post Street is shutdown from the 200 to 500 blocks and triage has been set up,” KTUV reports. “The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Fire officials added that overhead power lines are down in the area. PG&E is at the scene.”
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https://twitter.com/jasonbentley/status/665310170122063872
20 INJURED IN SF TOUR BUS CRASH https://t.co/ldHvPiz2vA
— KCBA FOX 35 (@KcbaFox35) November 14, 2015
MacDailyNews Take: Our prayers are with the injured.
“Multiple injuries as tour bus collides with new flagship Apple Store Union Square in San Francisco”
Collides with? So the Apple Store was moving? Isn’t it much more accurate to state the tour bus ran into the Apple Store?
No, it is rampant in media today . . .
• Guns kill people
• SUVs run into things
It is never ANYONE’s fault; always the object(s). It’s bizarre, really.
“A stupid incompetent bus driver crashed his tour bus into a building, injuring at least 20 people.”
Why so negative? “Bus driver heroically crashes bus into under-construction Apple Store, 100s spared, only 20 injured”
Because “things” don’t sue the media for accusing them of doing something.
That said, I’m sure it was Apple’s fault. /s
Of course, it is Apple’s fault! If that site was still the Levi’s store, we never would have heard of it. /s
Headline-writing involves using fewer words. Since readers know that a vehicle probably isn’t driving itself (yet), it paints a picture in their heads with fewer words to say “Bus crashes into building” than to say “Bus driver crashes into building.” The latter might make a reader say “I do hope he wasn’t carrying a coffee out in front of him and spilled it in his shirt when he walked into the building’s wall.”
So, your critique of those types of headlines is fairly nonsensical. They make sense for conveying useful information to readers with fewer words. There are plenty of serious problems in today’s journalism – this isn’t one of them.
Just wondering if maybe his brakes failed, hitting parked cars to try to slow down…
Looks to me more of a Ballmer-led terrorist attack. Either that or done by some google fanatic fandroid idiot.
Called it: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-supervisor-Brake-failure-eyed-in-Union-6636466.php
Waiting for people to blame Tim Cook for this one, too.
Buses never crashed into Apple Stores when Steve was alive, did they? No!
Tim Cook really screwed this one up! And when is Obama finally going to do something about these buses menacing our streets!
…Or blame Edward Snowden and encryption of citizen’s private data on the net. If only the NSA had been able to stop that bus… 😉
I wondered why Apple’s stock was down today. Runaway bus dooms Apple retail franchise. Analysts believe this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Was Sandra Bullock driving?
Prayers? Really?
Prayers: How to do nothing and still think you’re helping. http://youtu.be/1FLGEr1zJYo