Driver hospitalized after crash with METRO bus in north Houston
A driver was hospitalized after a car hit the rear of a METRO bus at a stop on Aldine Bender Road, but no one on the bus was hurt.
A driver was hospitalized Friday morning after a vehicle struck the rear of a METRO bus while it was making a stop on Aldine Bender Road near Wagon Road in north Houston, leaving the bus badly damaged but no passengers injured.
The crash happened around 6:30 a.m., when commuters were already moving through one of north Houston’s busier corridors. ABC13 SkyEye13 flew over the active scene and showed heavy damage to both the METRO bus and the second vehicle. METRO officials said the bus was stopped when the other vehicle hit the back of it. The driver of the second vehicle was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
The wreck disrupted the morning in a stretch of roadway that carries local traffic, bus riders and nearby drivers through Harris County’s north side. Even when a collision does not injure anyone on the bus, a crash involving a transit vehicle can slow traffic, force drivers to react quickly around a stop and create concern for anyone relying on the corridor to stay moving safely. The damage visible from the air suggested a significant impact, and the incident remained under investigation.
The crash also lands against a broader safety backdrop. In 2023, the Federal Transit Administration issued Safety Advisory 23-1, urging transit agencies to identify hazards and reduce the risk of bus-to-person collisions. Agency data presented in 2024 showed that from 2008 to 2021, transit agencies reported 7,298 bus-to-person collisions to the National Transit Database, resulting in 537 fatalities and 7,329 injuries. Those incidents happened at bus stops, roadway intersections, mid-block locations and other points where buses and people share space, with bus stops accounting for a meaningful share.
For METRO riders and north Houston drivers, the wreck is a reminder that a routine stop can become dangerous in an instant. The most important immediate fact is that no one aboard the bus was hurt, but the hospitalization of the other driver and the extent of the damage make clear that this was more than a minor fender bender on a major arterial road.
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