Person Trapped Under Bus in Bensonhurst Updated January 17, 2012 7:07pm

A bus struck two people in Bensonhurst on Tues., Jan. 17, 2012, trapping one under the vehicle. (Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)

BROOKLYN — An MTA bus struck two pedestrians in Bensonhurst Tuesday, trapping one of the victims underneath the vehicle, authorities said.

Emergency crews responded to the scene, at the corner of 25th and Benson avenues about 6:23 p.m., the FDNY said.

The bus was on its way to the Ulmer Bus depot when it hit the pedestrians, an MTA spokesman said.

The two victims were taken to an area hospital with non-life threating injures, authorities added.  

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By Patrick Hedlund, DNAinfo.com

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