. >> and you were on -- if i understand you, erika, erika cabrera is a viewer who alertly pulled off he freeway and stopped and shot this video you're looking at. erika, you were on 676 headed westbound when you saw the trooper's flying past you. so you got off on the exit, the first exit there which is the ben franklin parkway, 23 rt street. >> right. >> you got up, stopped your car and started shooting this video. >> right. >> and could you see this vehicle, did you see it when the crash happened or the crash had already happened by the time you got out? >> the crash had already happened. that's when i saw everything. the car was on fire just a little bit but that's when it ignited in flames. i'm pretty sure i got there just a little bit after everything happened. >> you said the state trooper went flying past you. could you tell the trooper was chasing someone or did you think they were responding to a call? >> i couldn't even tell. he was driving so fast we just had to hurry up and get out of his way because he was going really fast. >> erika, we see on your video one person appre

her name is erika cabrera. she watched it happen. state troopers were driving past her and she told us exactly what she saw. >> state troopers had their guns out. the man was running down the street. the car and bus were on fire and they brought the suspect in and that's where i got it on my video. >> we say see it share it and she did just that and then she got on the phone to tell us what she saw. we've been tell i don't go all morning we confirmed that there were no students on the school bus. it was heading back to its base but we have just learned that the school bus driver is okay, the suspect's car as you saw -- you didn't see the slamming but you saw the result, slammed into the back of the school bus which started the fire but the driver is okay. >> let's go to nbc's rosemary connors live in our digital operations center with more information, what can you tell us? >> just as you mentioned the the school bus driver we've beenn"d waiting to find out his condition so more good news. let's show you more of the viewer video from

watching this incident play out this morning no doubt saw footage shot by a young woman named erika cabrera. erika and her boyfriend samuel peter kin were on their way to work this morning. they're two-year-old son in the back seat head to do daycare when it quickly became clear this would be no normal morning commute. erika and samuel were eastbound on the schuylkill around 9:30 about to enter the vine street expressway when a state police car blew past them. >> we realized that roads were being blocked off and we see a little bit of smoke so we decided to get off the skit because we didn't want to, um, be stuck in all that traffic. >> reporter: exiting at 22nd and 59, they stopped to join a growing audience for the drama below. >> that's the white car. that's the bus. >> reporter: suspect' cars had rear end add schoolbus. no students inside just the driver but both vehicles soon burst into flames. erika was filming with her iphone. >> it started with a very little fire and then eventually it got really big and then you hear all the -- you hear all these booms and it just got a little craz

. >> reporter: erika cabrera's video. we see the cops draw these big guns and behind their cars with their guns out. >>> treer patrick casey is recovering from a gunshot to his shoulder. >> a demolition disaster when a smokestack in alabama nearly the crew first tried to bloip the smokestack but when it wouldn't fall they brought in a backhoe to break down the tower. it busted at the base and crumbled toward the driver who time. but miraculously, he did walk away from that, though. >> i've seen stuff go wrong, but nothing like this. >> stay in the home. >> oh, my gosh. i might have just watched my dad die, but luckily i didn't. is okay. as for the site of the demolition, it is going to be used as a city park. >>> west point announces a pillow fight ban for first-year students. the students organize a pillow fight after their long summer of training this year. but after more than 30 students were injured in pillow fights this year, officials at the military academy are banning all future pillow fights. >>> a disturbing cas

coverage of this incident this morning you no doubt saw footage shot by a young woman by the name of erika cabreraturns out erika and her boyfriend samuel peter kin were on their way to work. they work at the same company and they had their two-year-old son in the back seat. he was head to do daycare. let's just say all of them were detoured. they were eastbound on the schuylkill around 9:30 a.m. approaching the vine street expressway when a state police car raced up from behind them. >> he blew past us. i tried to slow a little bit as he made his way through traffic. >> we decided to get off the exit we didn't want to, um, be stuck in all that traffic. >> reporter: so began the strangest morning commute samuel and erika have ever experienced. 22nd and 59 they pulled over at the site of smoke billowing from the expressway below. >> that's the white car. that's the bus. >> reporter: suspect's car had rear end add schoolbus. no kids inside. just the driver. erika whipped out her iphone and started recording. >> it started with a very little fire and then eventually it got really big and then you hea

erika cabrera got video of the aftermath as rush hour drivers and pedestrians looked on in disbelief.>> i heard about ten or 15 shots fired and was trying to figure out what was happening, where it was coming from. >> reporter: trooper patrick casey tried to get his cruiser in front of the fleeing car, but the suspect rammed him and opened fire just before slamming into the bus. >> we saw the cops draw these big guns and they are behind their cars with their guns out. >> reporter: all the while, the suspect's car had caught fire on rapidly engulfed the bus as officers tried to arrest the driver. >> looked like he was talking into a cell phone, kind of kneeled down on the ground. they were approaching him and then as soon as they got close, he stood up and started to run. >> they have somebody arrested, so i decided to, you know, focus my camera down there and that's when i seen the suspect in handcuffs. >> reporter: the 17-year-old driver and 19-year-old passenger were taken into custody while investigators were relieved that trooper patrick casey would be okay. and the search for the

. >> reporter: young woman bite name of erika cabrera was on her way to work tuesday morning.er boyfriend samuel peterkin was at the wheel. their two-year-old son was in the back seat. he was headed for daycare. it was a normal morning commute. then in flash state police car it all changed. >> they were eastbound on the schuylkill around 9:30am. approaching the vine street expressway when a state police car raced up from behind them. >> he blew past us. i tried to slow a little bit as he made his way through traffic. >> so we decided to get off the exit because we didn't want to, um, be stuck in all that traffic. >> reporter: so began the strangest morning commute samuel and erika have ever experienced. 22nd and 59 they pulled over at the site of smoke billowing from the expressway below. >> that's white car. that's the bus. >> reporter: suspect's car had rear end add schoolbus. no kids inside just the driver. erika whipped out her iphone and started recording. >> it started with a very little fire and then eventually it got really big and then you hear all the -- you hear all

. >> reporter: erika cabrera's video shows what happened. >> we see the cops draw these big guns and's they are behind their cars with their guns out. >> telling them to lay down on the ground and they walked over and he started to run and they grabbed him. >> reporter: in the missst of chaos, police get the driver into handcuffs. trooper casey rushed to the hospital, would survive a single gunshot wound to the shoulder. and in addition to that 17-year-old driver and a 19-year-old passenger, state police still looking for those two other passengers. live above 676, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >> our team coverage continues with lauren mayk live at the hospital where crews rushed that injured trooper to be treated. >> what's the latest on his condition? >> reporter: good evening. well, we are told that he is in good condition today. he does have a bullet in his shoulder that for now will not be removed, but he is expected to be okay. >> awake, alert, talking. >> reporter: mayor michael nutter giving the good news about the wounded trooper. >> he asked me how i was doing. i said, well, th

here you can see suspects being taken into custody, eyewitness erika cabrera a shares cell phone video of the officers walking suspect down the expressway in handcuffs. wild scene unfolded as morning rush comes to an even. >> one eyewitness got a bird eye view from a nearby apartment building. >> we were up in the sixth floor of the apartment tower over there and heard noise and we thought it was gunfire. we looked out window and sure enough there was an exchange of gunfire. we saw... >> reporter: how many shots. >> i'm guessing probably 30. cops came out of the second cruiser, opened up the trunk and that is where wrapped gunfire came from. >> amazingly in one else on the ground was hurt in the gunfire. >>> there is good news to report about the injured trooper, 31 year-old patrick casey. suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder but we are told he is talking in good spirits and should be in home in time for thanksgiving with his family. trooper casey is a member of the pennsylvania state police since 2009. >>> police have two suspects in custody but two others are still at large. >> "