Witnesses describe horror and disbelief after Pikesville bus crash

Several new videos have surfaced showing a bus crashing into a building Wednesday night in Pikesville.Baltimore County police said as many as 36 people were taken to hospitals, including the bus driver, who is in critical condition. WBAL-TV 11 News has learned that the bus driver, Tavon Giles, is in critical condition. Witnesses said rescue crews worked a long time to free him from the wreckage.SKY 11 captured the magnitude of the Maryland Transit Administration bus crash just before 6 p.m. on Reisterstown Road.Video below: SKY 11 shows aftermath of bus crash into building on Reisterstown RoadEmergency responders set up triage tents next to overturned cars as crews worked in grim repetition amid screaming and pleas for help.Cellphone video captured on the ground revealed a close-up of the horror and disbelief in the chaos. "(I'm) astonished at the scope of the accident, how far it went. I mean, two blocks, nearly two city blocks, and then seeing the bus in the building," said Bernie Troutner, a witness.County police continue to investigate the cause of the crash. Business surveillance video obtained by WBAL-TV 11 News showed the bus speeding down Reisterstown Road, hitting an SUV before barreling through a red light. Authorities said the bus struck as many as 12 cars."It hit a white SUV of some sort and continued to go, and everything looked like a domino effect. Everybody tried to get out of the way," said Kenneth John McDermott, a witness.Another surveillance video showed the bus crashing through a beauty salon sign as it rolled by on the sidewalk.Video below shows moments before bus crashThe shop's owner, Neha Gupta, said she and her employees are traumatized by what they saw."If my sign had not been there, we could have been hit big time and we wouldn't be here today," Gupta said. "They were stunned. No one knew what was going on. I saw a girl bleeding from her mouth and her nose. I saw the bus driver ... bleeding, and that trauma is still inside."Video below: Witness recounts seeing MTA bus crash in PikesvilleVideo below courtesy Judge Angelzzz