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SUV slammed into an occupied tour bus returning students to Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood

BF tour bus

photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook

February 5,2016

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, A Honda CR-V SUV slammed into an occupied tour bus that was returning students and their chaperons back to the Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood on Friday, 02/05 from a trip to Quebec. The incident occurred at 3:17 PM on Franklin Turnpike in Ridgewood, near the entrance/exit to Route 17 southbound.

Neither of the drivers, nor any of the 44 bus passengers, were injured in the collision, however the SUV was heavily damaged and had to be removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Ridgewood PD investigated the incident and issued a summons to the SUV driver. After a delay of almost one (1) hour, the virtually undamaged bus continued on its way to drop off students and chaperones at the school. The driver of the SUV is reportedly a public safety officer at nearby Bergen Community College.

3 thoughts on “SUV slammed into an occupied tour bus returning students to Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood

  1. Public safety officer was not paying attention was he.

  2. Field trip to Quebec and some of you complain about taxes?

  3. @836 what is your point? That trip was paid for by families and was chaperoned by families.

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