Los Alamos, NM : Atomic City Transit bus avoids collision on Tuesday, June 6, 2017

A woman passenger on an Atomic City Transit bus was injured today when the driver was forced to brake suddenly to avoid an accident at 38th Street and Diamond Drive The incident happened at around 10:30 a.m.

Atomic City Transit bus No. 6 driver Mickey Fry was trying to avoid hitting a grey car crossing Diamond Drive, according to police.

“The bus was trying to avoid a car accident and a passenger hit her head on a pole,” according to a Los Alamos Police Department officer at the scene.

The sudden stop caused a passenger inside the bus to hit her head on the pole she was sitting next to and sustained a cut on her forehead. The injured woman, who was in her 40s or 50s, was taken into an ambulance once the emergency vehicles arrived on the scene.

Los Alamos Fire Department Captain Joe Baca was on the scene and reported, “There were three passengers on the bus,” two of which were uninjured. “She has a laceration right above her eye,” and suspects the injured woman will need sutures.

After the injured woman was driven away from the intersection and everyone was deemed OK, Fry drove the Atomic City bus to the next stop on Diamond Drive in order to drop off the remaining passengers.

The grey car that reportedly ran the red light has not been located according to police.

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Atomic City Transit bus avoids collision