Twelve people were hurt as a SEPTA trolley and school bus crashed in southwest Philadelphia Wednesday morning.
The Route 11 trolley and the school bus collided at 57th Street and Woodland Avenue before 8 a.m., Philadelphia fire radio said.
Ten people on the trolley — including the operator — and two Easter Seals employees, SEPTA spokeswoman Heather Redfern told NBC10. No children were on board the bus.
No word yet on a cause for the crash, which left the Easter Seals bus and trolley next to each other.
SEPTA shuttle bused passengers along Woodland Avenue between 48th and 58th streets due to the crash. Trolleys diverted onto Chester Avenue, the transit agency said.
The Easter Seals bus was en route to pick up children at their homes and then take those children to the agencies facility along Conshocken Road in Philadelphia, Carl Webster, executive director and CEO of the southeastern Pennsylvania chapter, told NBC10.
Both Easter Seals employees were hospitalized for observation and expected to be OK, Webster said.
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Expect delays in the area as police investigate.
