Brooklyn multi-vehicle crash involving MTA bus injures 15

Intoxicated driver causes multi-vehicle crash

Police say an intoxicated driver caused a multi-vehicle crash that injured 15 people in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening.

BROOKLYN - At least 15 people were injured after an alleged drunk driver caused a multi-vehicle crash in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening.

According to police, the crash happened around 5:30 p.m. at Livonia Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue.

Authorities say a 60-year-old man who was intoxicated was behind the wheel of a 2008 Lexus heading southbound on Pennsylvania Avenue when he tried a little too hard to turn left onto Livonia Avenue and struck a 2011 Honda minivan that had 4 people in it.

The Lexus then bounced off the minivan and struck a parked car.

An MTA bus heading northbound on Pennsylvania Avenue tried to avoid the crash, but could not, colliding with the other cars.

At least 10 people on the bus, including the driver, sustained minor injuries.

In total, authorities say 15 people were injured and taken to Kings County Hopsital.

The driver of the Lexus was arrested and taken to Brookdale Hospital.