May 18,2018
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Mount Olive NJ , The New Jersey State Police are investigating a crash between a school bus carrying fifth-grade students and a dump truck, which killed two people and seriously injured several others yesterday morning.
Based on the preliminary investigation, at 10:20 a.m., a school bus carrying 38 fifth-grade students and 7 accompanying adults from East Brook Middle School entered westbound Interstate 80 from southbound U.S. Highway 206. In the area of milepost 25.1, the school bus and a Kenworth dump truck collided, which caused the bus to overturn.
As a result of the crash, one adult and one student were killed, and a total of 43 people were injured and transported to area hospitals. Twenty-one victims were transported to Morristown Medical Center, 10 to Hackettstown Hospital, 4 to St. Clare’s Denville, 3 to St. Clare’s Dover, 3 to UMDNJ Newark, and 2 to St. Joseph’s in Paterson. Some patients are in critical condition.
This is preliminary information only, and the crash remains an active investigation by the New Jersey State Police and Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. There is no additional information available at this time.
Paramus Police Department : Additional information regarding the bus accident can be obtained by calling 888-407-9628. This line will be updated as needed.
Dash cameras on bus and/or truck?
Yes it should be a law on all bus ‘s inside and out.
NBC Channel 4 reports that NJDOT traffic cameras in the area show that the bus was trying to make an unlawful U-Turn on the highway.
So stupid the driver was . Just not thinking.
10:05: Yoda! Where’ve you been? May the fourth be with you.
Huh the fourth be with me. May be with u.