BALTIMORE — A driver and several passengers of a Johns Hopkins Shuttle bus were taken to the hospital on Saturday night after it collided with a building on the corner of 25th and North Charles streets.
The crash occurred around 5:19 pm on Saturday.
A neighbor who was home at the time, but did not wish to be identified, told WMAR-2 News it sounded like a bomb went off.
VIDEO: One person injured after Johns Hopkins shuttle strikes building on North Charles Street
Baltimore City Police say a collision between a car and the bus at the intersection caused the latter to strike the building, which is now condemned and slated for demolition according to posted signs.
Police say nine people sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Statement from a JHU spokesperson:
“Last night, a Johns Hopkins shuttle bus was involved in an accident at 25th and North Charles Street. The driver and several passengers were transported to area hospitals, and we are working to identify and reach out to all of the shuttle passengers. We are fully cooperating with BPD’s continuing investigation of the accident, and we will update our community as more information becomes available.”
At least two business spaces and several upstairs apartments have been condemned by the city inspector. It's unclear how many have been displaced.
Denise Love came to see the damage for herself, as the building on the corner used to be her husband's restaurant "Love's" for 47 years, before it was sold in the late 1980s.
"At that time there weren't a lot of restaurants downtown so this was an easy place to go to on your way home," she said. "It made me very sad that it happened to a business that I knew on a corner that I knew, but also it made me very sad that it's happening in Baltimore. I hate to see Baltimore falling apart."
Editor's Note: This article first had one person injured, Baltimore Police later updated their count to reflect nine people sustained non-life threatening injures.
