The crash between the bus and the dump truck caused devastating damage, breaking the bus into three pieces. A student and a teacher were pronounced dead, and 43 of the 45 people on the bus were taken to nearby hospitals with injuries.
The identities of the student and teacher who died were not released, pending notification of family, Gov. Phil Murphy said during an afternoon press conference. However, multiple media reports and social media tributes say it was social studies teacher Jennifer Williamson who was killed.
Many of those taken to the hospital were in critical condition on Thursday, with several undergoing surgery. Murphy declined to elaborate on the types of injuries.
To: sevinufnine
From what I’m reading both bus and truck drivers are at fault. Apparently in NJ large trucks are forbidden to drive in the left lane where the impact occurred.
To: sevinufnine
The greedy plaintiff lawyers are going to hate the advent of traffic cameras.
3 posted on
05/18/2018 7:58:54 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: sevinufnine
Now the photos make sense.
4 posted on
05/18/2018 8:00:34 AM PDT by
TexasGator
(Z1)
To: sevinufnine
Although I'm sure there are many good school bus drivers, I see a LOT of them blow through/roll through stop signs and lights - pull directly out in front of cars and rarely use turn signals ("oh, I think I'll turn here...")
Some drive frighteningly fast (for a school bus, anyway).
Just another of the very many reasons to homeschool.
7 posted on
05/18/2018 8:05:22 AM PDT by
Psalm 73
("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
To: sevinufnine
Nice to finally figure out its NJ!
To: sevinufnine
Yes, the driver missed the exit and was attempting a U turn, unbelievable. I guess we’ll have to spend money to equip all school buses with NO U TURN placards.
15 posted on
05/18/2018 8:38:53 AM PDT by
1Old Pro
To: sevinufnine
Just the other day I saw a skool bus run a red light, but there’s nothing unusual about that, or speeding.
19 posted on
05/18/2018 8:45:27 AM PDT by
Fresh Wind
(Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
To: sevinufnine
You know, I cannot imagine the horror in the hearts and minds of the witness and those civilians who initially stopped and tried to help....
To: sevinufnine
32 posted on
05/18/2018 9:27:04 AM PDT by
Abby4116
To: sevinufnine
A perfect mix for disaster. Many school bus drivers are idiots and many tri axle dump truck drivers are psychos.
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