Tent hits two buses near New Hampshire Avenue, Hyattsville MD
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, a tent was blown by wind into two buses on Edwards Place near New Hampshire Avenue in Hyattsville. The tent struck the back of one bus and the front of another. No injuries were reported. A minor inspection was requested and emergency services were contacted.
Audio|Heard on: Prince George's MD Schools Group Calls
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03:59
Transcript:
00:00
Transportation? Are you here?
00:02
Yes, I'm here, driver.
00:03
You handle your bus.
00:04
I believe it also slides another bus that's right behind me in 7016.
00:12
Okay.
00:15
Anybody driver, I'm cracking you.
00:18
Driver, can you give me your exact location and address, please?
00:22
Okay, one second.
00:25
I'm actually right in front of the Regency Furniture on New Hampshire Avenue.
00:30
I don't know the name of the actual street.
00:33
Yes, the actual street, please.
00:36
Give me one moment.
00:38
I'm going to check my GPS on my phone.
00:40
Okay.
00:42
Currently, I am on Edwards Place, um,
00:47
in between New Hampshire Avenue Service Road and Fourteenth and Langley.
01:10
Is there a physical address because I'm going to need to call 911?
01:14
I have Edwards Place in New Hampshire Avenue Service Road for Peeves and Langley.
01:20
They're going to ask me for a physical address.
01:22
Do you see anything on a physical address?
01:25
It's probably this Regency Furniture that's a post-close address to it, and I'll give you the address to that.
01:33
Okay.
01:35
It's near New Hampshire Avenue, however,
01:41
we are, that's the closest address that I can give you, near New Hampshire Avenue,
01:47
and we're at, but we are on Edwards,
01:51
Edwards Place.
01:53
Edwards Place.
01:56
And, driver, there's no injuries on the bus, correct? No injuries to anyone?
01:59
No, everybody's here, it's fine.
02:01
Briefly explain to me what happened again.
02:04
Class were driving up the road.
02:07
The wind started picking up and over here on Edwards place, they always have a lot of little set-ups.
02:14
The families have a lot of people who live in the area have a lot of little food stands and set up.
02:20
And because it was raining, they had since thence.
02:23
That's the good guess of the wind came.
02:25
The tent hit the back of this bus.
02:29
It flew off and wherever was standing with them and hit the back of the bus in the front of the bus of 76.
02:36
So the tent hit the front of the bus and also hit the back of the bus also? It's the back of my bus, 4717, in the front of the bus, 7016.
02:46
Seventy 16,
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are they still there? They didn't call it.
02:50
Seventy-16 is behind you right now.
02:53
Do you want me to contact her?
02:56
Yes, if it hit their bus, she's going to need to call in.
03:00
I'm going to finish her up with yours, but she's going to need to call in.
03:03
Okay, I have your address.
03:05
It's coming up of 861 Edwards Place in Hyattsville.
03:09
Is Robert May have your name, please?
03:11
In the Stancho Brown Oil?
03:13
No, you last name? T-O-W-N-R-Y-A-L.
03:19
215. Okay, stand by.
03:21
I'm going to contact the police and as far as you see, there's no damage to the bus, no shattered windows or anything right.
03:28
No. I haven't been able to get out with us to check the outside, if there's scratches anything, but the inside, there's nothing from what I can see.
03:36
The front of your bus.
03:39
Sorry, didn't copy? It's the front of your bus.
03:42
At the back of my bus.
03:43
Front of 7016.
03:45
Front of my bus, though.
03:47
16, okay.
03:49
Standby, if you want to get off and pick a look, that's fine.
03:51
I'm getting ready to call 911,
03:53
and I have to contact the school of the students that are on the bus.
03:57
Standby.
03:58
10.15.
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New Hampshire Ave, Hyattsville, MD 20783
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