Earlier this week, a New Flyer electric bus rolled over and crashed during testing in Anniston, Alabama.

It’s a surprising accident and the rooftop battery pack design is potentially to blame.

New Flyer is the biggest transit bus maker in North America, but it mainly manufactures CNG and diesel-powered buses.

It recently started making all-electric buses and last year, it launched its next-generation Xcelsior all-electric bus.

On Tuesday, the company was testing their electric buses in Anniston, where they are based, and the bus was going around a curve when it rolled over and crash – injuring the driver and three other employees inside the bus.

Anniston police Sgt. Michael Webb commented to the Anniston Star:

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