Roadway Collapse on Harry Hines: Photos and Wreckage Behind the Dart Bus Crash
By Sophia Al-Mansoor
The morning started without warning for passengers riding through the Stemmons Corridor Dallas sector. Harry Hines Boulevard carries thousands of commercial trucks, delivery vans, and public transit commuters every hour. Shortly after daybreak, a standard 40-foot DART transit bus traveling in the right-bound lane encountered what initially appeared to be a standard asphalt depression.
It was not a routine pothole.
The pavement gave way under the vehicle's axle load. The front tires dropped into a deep sub-grade structural void, bottoming out the chassis with explosive force. The collision arrested the multi-ton bus instantly. Riders standing near the farebox and those seated in mid-cabin rows were launched forward into metal partitions.
First-hand reports from commuters on community forums described an impact that sounded like a freight collision. Eyewitnesses outside the bus saw the vehicle dip abruptly, throw up plumes of concrete dust, and skid sideways across the lane before grinding to a halt over the mangled rim of the hole.
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