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Emergency responders work at the scene where a building collapsed onto a street and bus on the corner of 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Blvd. in the Harlem neighborhood of New York on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Seventeen people were injured and fire officials said the injuries were minor and not life-threatening.

17 injured after scaffolding collapses onto bus in NYC

A scary scene unfolded for over a dozen unlucky people in Harlem this morning when scaffolding collapsed onto a bus in Harlem.

The FDNY said 17 people were hurt with injuries that were not life-threatening.

“The building has collapsed on the bus, on the street, on the sidewalk,” said the Modell’s employee, who did not give his name when speaking to WNBC. “It looks kind of bad. They are not sure if people are trapped under stuff on the sidewalk. They are not sure.”

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