BOSTON — Several people were taken to the hospital after a transport van slammed into a home in Boston on Wednesday afternoon.
The crash happened on Rowell Street in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood, according to Boston police.
Police said 16 elderly people were on the van, fourteen of whom required transport to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Photos from the scene showed a white van that had veered onto the sidewalk, coming to a stop up against a multi-level home.
Madie Woltman lives in the second-floor apartment. She was jolted off her couch when the van collided with the building.
“I heard this big bang, and the house shook,” she said.
She ran downstairs and called 911, remembering, “I was like, ‘There’s a bus in my house!’”
Video from inside shows the entire building shaking from the impact of the vehicle.
Downstairs, Dylan Ibanez was working in his apartment office. He also ran to his living room when he heard a loud collision.
“I just walked into a whole room of smoke from the drywall,” he said. He added, “I walked outside and saw a whole freaking bus in the living room.”
The two inside the building helped remove the 16 people from inside the damaged van. They both helped the driver of the van, who they say was bleeding.
Ibanez explained, “He just had a little bloody lip, probably banged his head on the glass. But, he was talking about hip pain, but it could’ve been a slip of the pedal.”
Boston 25 reached out to Mentor Adult Day Health for more information, but have yet to hear back.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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