MTA bus crashes into Brooklyn Burger King after driver suffers medical emergency

A New York City bus driver crashed into a closed Burger King early Thursday in Brooklyn after he apparently suffered some sort of medical episode while driving.

The unidentified driver remains in critical condition at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn following the accident, which happened near Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue in Kensington just after midnight.

Neither of his passengers was hurt. And, fortunately for the driver, one of them was a medical worker who rushed to his aid.

Firefighters at the scene where a bus crashed into a Burger King restaurant at Caton Avenue and Dahill Road in Brooklyn. Robert Mecea

The Burger King was heavily damaged. William Farrington

The extent of the damage as seen from the interior of the restaurant. William Farrington

The bus crashed into the fast food joint. Robert Mecea

An official works with a man injured in the crash. Robert Mecea

Officials survey the damage at the scene. Robert Mecea

“He was moaning; he was saying whatever,” passenger Valorie Turner, 60, told Fox 5. “I started CPR.”

Turner added that the bus sped up just before the crash — “and before I knew it, we was in Burger King.”

Stunning pictures from the scene showed police and firefighters gathered around the MTA bus, which was lodged in the front of the fast food restaurant.

With Post wires

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