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Video: 10K Drivers Illegally Passed Bridgeport School Buses So Far This Year, City Says Video: 10K Drivers Illegally Passed Bridgeport School Buses So Far This Year, City Says
Video: 10K Drivers Illegally Passed Bridgeport School Buses So Far This Year, City Says A Fairfield County city is fighting back against drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses as the number soared to 10,000 violations so far this year. The City of Bridgeport announced on Thursday, Feb. 15, that nearly 10,000 motorists illegally passed a stopped school bus during the first six months of the school year.  The number of violations was captured through the City’s school bus camera safety program, demonstrating the ongoing public safety threat facing students on their journey to and from the classroom, city officials said.  From Sunday, Sept.…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
‘So Grateful’: Student Injured In Deadly I-84 Bus Crash Reunites With Surgeons, Medics ‘So Grateful’: Student Injured In Deadly I-84 Bus Crash Reunites With Surgeons, Medics
‘So Grateful’: Student Injured In Deadly I-84 Bus Crash Reunites With Surgeons, Medics Audrina Crocitto doesn’t remember much about the charter bus crash that killed her band director and a retired teacher, and injured dozens of her fellow marching band students. The 15-year-old Farmingdale High School student on Long Island only remembers the initial impact of the bus careening off of I-84 in Orange County, in the town of Wawayanda, before it rolled several times down an embankment Thursday, Sept. 21. Following the crash, Crocitto was airlifted to Cohen Children’s Medical Center, where X-rays and MRIs revealed that titanium screws and rods would be needed to hold her spine …

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Double-Fatal Update: 5 Students In Critical Condition After Bus Crashes Down Embankment On I-84 Double-Fatal Update: 5 Students In Critical Condition After Bus Crashes Down Embankment On I-84
Double-Fatal Update: 5 Students In Critical Condition After Bus Crashes Down Embankment On I-84 As school bells rang and a new day started for students at a Long Island high school where five of their fellow classmates remain in critical condition following a horrific bus crash that killed two adults, state, and federal officials are investigating the incident. The Orange County crash happened at around 1:10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, on I-84 in the town of Wawayanda, near Exit 15A. The charter bus carrying marching band members from Farmingdale High School in Nassau County was heading to Greeley, Pennsylvania for band camp when one of the six buses carrying students went through the wi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Car Hits School Bus Stop Sign, No Injuries, Police Say Car Hits School Bus Stop Sign, No Injuries, Police Say
Car Hits School Bus Stop Sign, No Injuries, Police Say Two students and a bus driver avoided injuries after a car struck the stop sign of the school bus. The incident took place around 8:26 a.m., Monday, Oct. 7, at Barnum and Huntington Turnpike in Bridgeport, said Bridgeport Police spokesman Terron Jones. According to Jones, the car struck the school bus’s side stop sign. Police said they were not sure if the driver was ticketed. 

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
One Seriously Injured When Car Hits School Bus Head-On, Stamford Police Said One Seriously Injured When Car Hits School Bus Head-On, Stamford Police Said
One Seriously Injured When Car Hits School Bus Head-On, Stamford Police Said An area woman is undergoing surgery after her car hit a school bus head-on in Stamford, police said. The incident took place around 12:21 p.m., Thursday, March 28, at 765 Newfield Ave., said Stamford Police Sgt. Jeff Booth with the Collision Analysis & Reconstruction Squad.  According to Booth, the crash occurred when a 2006 Toyota Camry driven by a woman was traveling northbound on Newfield Avenue when she allegedly drifted into the southbound lane hitting the bus head-on, he said. One student and the driver of the bus from the J.M. Wright Technical High School were transported&n…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
School Bus With 10 Children Aboard Crashes Head-On With SUV In Ansonia School Bus With 10 Children Aboard Crashes Head-On With SUV In Ansonia
School Bus With 10 Children Aboard Crashes Head-On With SUV In Ansonia A school bus with 10 children aboard was hit head-on after the driver of an SUV allegedly became distracted by his cell phone. The crash occurred around 8:23 a.m. Friday on North Main Street, between the bus, which was transporting students to Besty Ross Magnet School in New Haven, and the 2002 Chevy Blazer, said Ansonia Police Lt. Patrick Lynch.  The 60-year-old driver, who was traveling north, crossed the double yellow line and hit the southbound bus head-on, injuring the driver of the vehicle, he said. All 10 children, ranging in age from 10 to 14-years-old,  reportedly were n…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Teen Caught After Crashing Stolen Car Into School Bus, Police Say Teen Caught After Crashing Stolen Car Into School Bus, Police Say
Teen Caught After Crashing Stolen Car Into School Bus, Police Say A 16-year-old was arrested for stealing a vehicle and then slamming into the back of a school bus and taking off again. The incident took place around 7:46 a.m. Thursday when Hartford Police patrol units responded to a report that a school bus was struck from behind by a Ford Edge and the driver then fled the scene, Hartford police said. The school bus had one student aboard at the time of the incident who was not injured, they added. An investigation into the crash found that the fleeing vehicle was a 2015 Ford Edge reported stolen from Waterbury on Tuesday, police added. A short time la…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
With Schools Opening, Police Warn Motorists Of $465 Bus Violation Penalties With Schools Opening, Police Warn Motorists Of $465 Bus Violation Penalties
With Schools Opening, Police Warn Motorists Of $465 Bus Violation Penalties With schools set to open up for the year in the coming days, police departments in Fairfield County are cautioning motorists to be safe around school buses, or else they may face a hefty fine. “School buses will be hitting the roads again, and we urge you to drive with caution and never drive distracted,” police said, noting that violations will be “strictly enforced” and carry penalties that include fines of no less than $465.  According to AAA, every day, about 500,000 school buses transport more than 23 million students to and from school. However, each year, nationally, about 24 school-…

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by Zak Failla