A Brooklyn pedestrian was seriously injured after being struck by an MTA bus during rush-hour Tuesday.
The woman hurt her leg as she tried to board one city bus and another MTA bus bumped the vehicle from behind at the corner of New Lots and Livonia avenues in Brownsville around 4:40 p.m., a witness said.
“People were stepping inside of the [first] bus, and one lady fell down. She got her leg caught. She was hurting bad, and she was really crying, ‘My leg! My leg!’ ” said bystander Richie Ortiz, 52.
The bus that was struck eventually slammed into a bus-stop pole, bending it.
The victim, who Ortiz said looked to be in her 40s, was rushed to Brookdale Hospital in serious but not life-threatening condition, authorities said.
There have been five fatal collisions involving MTA buses so far this year. Two involved pedestrians.
The MTA had a total of 10 fatal bus crashes last year.
Among this year’s incidents:
• On Saturday, Marisol Martinez, 21, was struck and killed by an MTA bus in Williamsburg while walking at Meeker Avenue and Union Avenue. She was the first person in her family to graduate from college.
• A 17-year veteran bus driver, William Pena, 49, was killed Feb. 12 after his bus was rammed by a stolen truck allegedly driven by model Tyson Beckford’s nephew.
• Pedestrian Martha Tibillin-Guamug, 25, was killed Feb. 3 after she was hit by a Q35 MTA bus in Jackson Heights.
• On Jan. 19, bicyclist Pedro Santiago died after colliding with a BX15 bus in Harlem.
• Alphonzo Baines, 44, of Danbury, Conn., had a heart attack Jan. 17 and struck an MTA bus with his car. He died shortly after at Bellevue Hospital.
An MTA spokesman said the authority is talking to the city Transportation Department about how it can help implement “Vision Zero” — Mayor DeBlasio’s plan to end traffic deaths in 10 years.
“DOT has recently reached out to us, and we look forward to future discussions,” said MTA rep Kevin Ortiz, who added that the agency’s drivers do intensive safety training.
He said the authority reviews every fatal incident, including employee training records and the actions of all people involved, to determine the cause of collision, and said all bus drivers take a yearly training refresher course.
“The goal is not simply to identify the root cause and any contributing factors, but to prevent reoccurrence,” he said.
Keegan Stephen, of the pedestrian advocacy group Right of Way, said, “The MTA needs to join city agencies in committing to Vision Zero, install life-saving rear-wheel guards on all buses and implement a top-to-bottom safety culture.”
The father of Ellas Bandes, an artist and dancer who was killed by a city bus in Bushwick last year, said after Martinez’s weekend death, “We are all too familiar with this tragedy.
“All our dreams for her bright future vanished,” Ken Bandes said of his own daughter. “She was loved and adored by her friends and family, and has left a devastated mother, father, and brother.”