Mersea, Mayflower — At 1:28PM EST today, a bus with reportedly 13 occupants crashed into the river between the Jones Beltway and Prison Island. Witnesses report that Mayflower Transportation Police (MTP) had been engaging with a pursuit of a wrong way driver, when the driver proceeded to collide with the bus head-on, launching it over the guardrail and into the river.

Rescue personnel were immediately on scene, with every passenger and the driver surviving the crash with varying levels of injuries

Vinnyvxx, a officer for the Mayflower Transportation Police and State Senator, told M-SPAN reporters on scene that the there needs to be “more legislation be made against people who desync busses, of which I, [a senator], will be looking into immediately.”

Editorial Update – 1:45PM EST

Vinnyvxx has provided further clarification to press, specifying that “MTP was chasing that guy in the first place [for] desyncing the bus near MSP shortly before the incident occurred.” Alongside that, dashcam footage of one of the MTP officers on detail for the bus has been made available to the public: