19 treated after FDNY fire truck, MTA bus collide in the Bronx

Emergency responders were on the scene in the Bronx earlier Tuesday for collision involving an MTA bus and an FDNY truck.

Nineteen people, including five firefighters, were taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries, according to the FDNY.

The accident happened at 12:32 p.m. at Southern Boulevard and Barretto Street. 

Surveillance video captured the Bx19 bus traveling along Southern Boulevard when the fire truck entered the intersection from Barretto Street.

So far, it is unclear which vehicle was at fault.

A witness said the FDNY truck came into the intersection "going at a high speed" and did not have its lights and siren on.

From the surveillance video, it's tough to tell which vehicle had the green light or the right of way. The FDNY would say only at this point the collision is under investigation.

"The impact -- it just crashed. The impact was high. The bus was full, the bus was full of people," witness Jumari Lantigua said. "I'm thankful I didn't take it because I was just about to hop on it with my son, and my son decided, 'No, let's just walk mommy.' And I'm happy that he said that, because look at what happened."

One rider said he was sitting in the back of the bus when the collision happened.

"They fell. What was in front of them was more of an impact. They suffered more because of what was ahead, in the front," Victor Peroso said in Spanish.

Video from the scene showed the bus with some damage to its windshield.

"We are praying for the passengers injured and those receiving medical assistance on site and at area hospitals," Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson wrote on social media.