On September 18, 2017, about 6:16 a.m., a 2015 Motor Coach Industries (MCI) 56-passenger motorcoach, operated by Dahlia Group Inc., collided with a 2015 New Flyer 35-passenger transit bus, operated by the New York City Transit Authority, in Flushing, New York. The crash occurred at the intersection of Northern Boulevard (New York State Route 25A [NY-25A]) and Main Street, about 0.8 mile from the motorcoach carrier’s base of operations.
We determined that the probable cause of the Flushing, New York, crash was the driver’s unintended acceleration of the motorcoach and inability to brake for reasons that could not be conclusively determined from the information available.
