Videos show chaotic moments before MTA bus slams into Pikesville building, injuring dozens

Surveillance videos are shedding new light on the chaotic moments before a Maryland Transit Administration bus slammed into a building in Pikesville on Wednesday, leaving more than 30 people injured.

A widely shared video from the Platinum Law Group, a personal injury firm located at the intersection of Reisterstown and Old Court roads, caught the bus zooming through the intersection alongside a white SUV, which it appeared to swipe and drag before veering into incoming traffic.

A second video, shared by Neha Threading Salon and Spa owner Neha Gupta, shows the bus hitting a pole and dragging down its wires before crashing into a FedEx Office store, trapping the driver. The salon is on Reisterstown Road.

The disaster involved downed electrical wires, scattered vehicle parts and several overturned cars with their airbags deployed — circumstances Baltimore County’s fire chief likened to a “war scene.” Baltimore County Police said the bus driver was extracted by emergency responders and transported by air to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Authorities provided no details on his condition Thursday.

Gupta’s video documented the screams, shouts and blasting car horns heard in the background at the time of the incident.

Maryland transit officials declined to offer details Thursday about the crash, calling it an active and ongoing investigation. The MTA directed questions about the bus and its driver to Baltimore County Police, who said the bus “lost control” and the matter remains under investigation.

In a Thursday afternoon news release, county police spokesperson Trae Corbin said 12 vehicles were involved and 36 patients were transported to hospitals for treatment.

More than 100 first responders converged on the scene just before 6 p.m. Wednesday. By Thursday morning, the site was mostly clear of debris and visible signs of distress. The FedEx shop was boarded up with plywood and marked off with yellow caution tape.

Wednesday night’s wreckage extended along Reisterstown Road from Old Court Road to McHenry Avenue.

It’s not clear where every patient was treated. At least 15 patients received treatment at Northwest Hospital, and seven went to Sinai Hospital. A LifeBridge Health spokesperson declined to comment on their conditions.

Four additional patients were transported to the University of Maryland Medical Center Emergency Department. All of them have been discharged, according to a hospital spokesperson. Two patients were transported to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center; one has been discharged, and one remains hospitalized.

This article has been updated.