Shocking video shows MTA driver lose control of bus, smash into brownstone

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Shocking new video shows the moment an MTA driver plows into a pickup truck before smashing into a brownstone in Brooklyn — in a crash that left more than a dozen people injured earlier this week.

The roughly minute-long video of the Monday smash-up, obtained by The Post on Wednesday, shows the moments leading up to the daytime wreck in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

The clip starts with the B49 bus driver getting up from behind the wheel and moving bags around.

The MTA worker then jumps back in the driver’s seat and drives straight into what appears to be a red vehicle parked in front of him — cracking the windshield of the bus — before speeding into the intersection and narrowly missing two other cars.

The bus crashes into a parked pickup truck at Bedford Avenue and Lincoln Road and plows head-on into the brownstone — with bricks smashing through the windshield, the video shows.

Transit officials said the driver claimed his foot got wedged between the brake and accelerator. The crash left 16 injured, 13 of whom had to be treated at local hospitals.

MTA spokesman Tim Minton said Wednesday, “The video is disturbing on many levels, raising questions about whether basic safety rules were followed. The incident remains under investigation and we will have more to say when that is complete.”

But TWU Local 100 Vice President JP Patafio defended the driver — and accused transit officials of leaking the clip to the press.

“That video should have never been released,” Patafio told reporters at the scene of the crash.

“We have to look into what caused this bus to accelerate … He was attempting to stop the bus and it wouldn’t stop.”

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