Lehigh bus accident causes delay, no major injuries

A Lehigh Mountaintop bus and a Lehigh Athletics bus were involved in an accident this afternoon while traveling in opposite directions on the Hill.

The accident occurred at the intersection of Sayre Drive, Upper Sayre Park Road and Lower Sayre Park Road, in front of the Chi Psi fraternity house. At around 4:30 p.m., The Lehigh Transportation Services tweeted from its account saying all Mountaintop and Athletics buses were delayed due to an accident.

“I was sitting along the side of the bus on the bench when we went around the curve by (The Kappa Alpha and Chi Psi fraternities) and suddenly felt the bus lurch to the side,” said Allison Heckman, ’15, who was on the Mountaintop bus. “We heard a loud crash and I felt glass hit me on the right side of my body. The girl sitting next to me and I turned around and saw part of the window gone. I didn’t see any major injuries except a cut here or there.”

Chris Barry, ’16, was riding the Mountaintop bus when he said he saw a Lehigh Athletics bus approaching from the other direction. He said the front of the Athletics bus got really close to the Mountaintop bus.

“And the back kind of came closer and closer and it just ran into the windows,” Barry said. “Basically two of the windows broke. It didn’t completely shatter, but they stayed in the frame. There was a little bit of glass flying around but it wasn’t too bad. I didn’t see anyone get hurt or anything.”

As of 5:30 p.m., the accident had been cleared and no major injuries were reported.

“Back on track. All buses running on time,” Transportation Services tweeted. “Thanks for your patience and understanding.”

A representative from Transportation Services could not be reached for comment. The Lehigh University Police Department did not comment.