Official: Riders say NYC bus crash driver swerved
By JIM FITZGERALD and TOM HAYS, Associated Press
Mar 13, 2011 11:19 AM CDT
Official: Riders say NYC bus crash driver swerved
Firefighters continue working the scene where at least 13 people died when a bus returning to New York from a casino in Connecticut flipped onto its side on Interstate 95 and was sliced in half by the support pole for a large sign, Saturday, March 12, 2011, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/David...   (Associated Press)

Passengers and witnesses to a New York City bus crash that killed 14 people are contradicting the driver's story that he was clipped by a tractor-trailer.

A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that passengers say the driver swerved at times to the right for no reason before sliding off the road at dawn on Saturday and into a sign pole.

The official wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the probe and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

The official says passengers say they didn't feel anything hit them and that other motorists on Interstate 95 say they didn't see the bus get hit. The official says police spoke to the tractor-trailer driver, who said he was following the bus.

The driver has not commented publicly.

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