<p class="speakable">An out-of-control Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus crashed into several vehicles <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/new-york-city" rel="noopener" target="_blank">in the Bronx</a> on Monday, injuring eight people.</p><p class="speakable">The incident happened shortly before 2 p.m. between Cauldwell Avenue and Trinity Avenue, according to the New York City Fire Department.</p><p>Six vehicles were struck by the bus over roughly six blocks.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/truck-hits-parked-van-midtown-manhattan-pushing-vehicle-onto-sidewalk-injuring-9" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>TRUCK HITS PARKED VAN IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, PUSHING VEHICLE ONTO SIDEWALK AND INJURING 9</strong></a></p><p>Two vehicles were <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/travel" rel="noopener" target="_blank">struck by the bus</a> in front of a school on East 163rd Street and Caldwell Avenue — one that was pushed into a light pole, and another that was hit on its side.</p><p>Down the road, an SUV was shoved onto the sidewalk and the back of a blue coupe was destroyed.</p><p>Screaming from <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/travel/general/travel-safety" rel="noopener" target="_blank">panicking passengers</a> was heard in video taken from inside the bus.</p><p>The driver of the bus and seven passengers were injured in the incident. All of them were transported to Lincoln Medical, although their conditions are unclear.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/jetblue-pilot-calls-air-force-near-miss-outrageous-tanker-crosses-flight-path" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>JETBLUE PILOT CALLS AIRFORCE NEAR-MISS 'OUTRAGEOUS' AFTER TANKER CROSSES FLIGHT PATH</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a></p><p>The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but the MTA is probing factors including mechanical failure, weather or the driver's medical condition, WABC reported.</p><p>The driver was going up a hill when they pushed the gas to accelerate, at which point the bus had a mechanical failure, police sources told WABC, adding that the driver may have hit the emergency break and slid out of control.</p>