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UPDATE: Drunk NJ School Bus Driver With 27 Kids Aboard Gets 14 Years UPDATE: Drunk NJ School Bus Driver With 27 Kids Aboard Gets 14 Years
Update: Drunk NJ School Bus Driver With 27 Kids Aboard Gets 14 Years š—Øš—£š——š—”š—§š—˜: A now-former school bus driver who was hammered when New Jersey State Police troopers stopped her with a busload of kids aboard was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Colleen Eutermarks, 52, of Wantage had a bottle of vodka stashed in her purse during the rJan. 28, 2022 stop on County Road 565 in Frankford, State Police said. She was taken into custody, then registered .34 on a breath test, they said. That would be four times the legal limit for most civilian motorists but is eight times the .04 blood-alcohol content limit for a school bus driver. Eutermarks rejected a plea deal froā€¦

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Mini School Bus Broadsided In Ridgewood (PHOTOS) Mini School Bus Broadsided In Ridgewood (PHOTOS)
Mini School Bus Broadsided In Ridgewood (Photos) No children were aboard a mini school bus that was broadsided by a sedan in Ridgewood early Friday. Three adults on the bus declined medical attention following the T-bone crash at the intersection of Kenilworth and Laurel roads shortly before 8:30 a.m. Feb. 16. The impact sent the minibus crashing partly through a fence and wrapped the driver's side STOP sign around a tree. Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE The impact sent the Paterson-based We Care School Trans minibus crashing partly through a fence and wrapped the driver's side STOP sign around a tree. The Honda Accord driver checā€¦

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Driver Ran Light In School Bus Crash That Injured Ridgewood Special Needs Student, 11: Police Driver Ran Light In School Bus Crash That Injured Ridgewood Special Needs Student, 11: Police
Driver Ran Light In School Bus Crash That Injured Ridgewood Special Needs Student, 11: Police UPDATE: A multi-vehicle crash in Ridgewood that sent a school bus driver, an 11-year-old special needs student and four other people to the hospital occurred when the driver ran a red light, the village police chief said. The bus was headed north on South Van Dien Avenue when "it apparently went through a red light and was hit by a Mazda CX-9 and a Land Rover" at East Ridgewood Avenue, Police Chief Jacqueline Lutchcke said following the 4 p.m. crash on Monday, Sept. 19. The incident was captured by a dashboard camera on a police cruiser that happened to be in the area, responders at the scā€¦

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
12-Year-Old NJ Boy Found Unresponsive On School Bus Dies 12-Year-Old NJ Boy Found Unresponsive On School Bus Dies
12-Year-Old NJ Boy Found Unresponsive On School Bus Dies A 12-year-old boy died days after being found unresponsive on a school bus in Camden County, authorities said. School officials and first responders tried reviving the boy after finding him on a bus in Gloucester Township Jan. 24, a spokesman with the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said. He died on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at the Childrenā€™s Hospital of Philadelphia. The matter remains under investigation by the Camden County Prosecutorā€™s Office and the Gloucester Township Police Department

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
School Bus Driver Among 2 Killed In NJ Crash Mourned As Loving, Affectionate Grandmother School Bus Driver Among 2 Killed In NJ Crash Mourned As Loving, Affectionate Grandmother
School Bus Driver Among 2 Killed In NJ Crash Mourned As Loving, Affectionate Grandmother A school bus driver was among two people who died in a three-vehicle crash Friday, police said. The International 3000 bus was heading east and carrying 19 students fromĀ Olivet Elementary School in Elmer when it was struck by a westbound Nissan Murano on County Road 540 around 4 p.m., New Jersey State Police said in a release. The bus and Nissan both veered into the westbound lanes, hitting a Volkswagon Jetta near milepost 28.5 in Pittsgrove, authorities said. All three vehicles went off the road to the right. The school bus driver and Nissan driver both were killed as a result of the crā€¦

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Sedan Driver Issued Summons For Long Hill School Bus Crash UPDATE: Sedan Driver Issued Summons For Long Hill School Bus Crash
Update: Sedan Driver Issued Summons For Long Hill School Bus Crash A 48-year-old Montville driver was issued a summons for reckless driving following a chain reaction crash involving a school bus, authorities said. The man struck a vehicle driven by a 47-year-old man from Stockholm, that was pushed into a school bus carrying 17 children on Morristown Road around 7:10 a.m. Sept. 4, Long Hill Police Lt. James Marczewski said. Photos from the scene show that the Montville driver was behind the wheel of a Lexus sedan when he struck a pick-up truck that went into the bus. None of the 17 Warren Hills Regional High School students were injured, the leitenanā€¦

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Paterson School Bus Firm Used Unqualified Drivers In Newark: Prosecutor Paterson School Bus Firm Used Unqualified Drivers In Newark: Prosecutor
Paterson School Bus Firm Used Unqualified Drivers In Newark: Prosecutor A Paterson-based school bus company that has routes in Newark is under investigation for alleged safety violations, the Essex County Prosecutorā€™s Office said Friday. The prosecutorā€™s office executed a search warrant at the headquarters of A-1 Elegant Friday afternoon. Essex County personnel were seen at the headquarters of A-1 Elegant hauling off filing cabinets, boxes and other material, NorthJersey.com reported. Authorities say several of the drivers lacked credentials to operate a school bus. A spot inspection in Newark Friday morning revealed that eight drivers, more than half investigā€¦

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by Paul Milo
News
No Injuries In Hawthorne School Bus Fire No Injuries In Hawthorne School Bus Fire
No Injuries In Hawthorne School Bus Fire No injuries were reported when a fire broke out on a school bus in Hawthorne Wednesday afternoon. Seven children and the driver were removed from the bus on Rea Avenue between 1st Avenue and Goffle Road around 5:20 p.m., as firefighters put out the blaze under the rear wheels, witnesses said. Hawthorne police and fire officials were not immediately available for comment.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Kids OK After Special Needs School Bus Driver ODs Behind Wheel, Crashes In Newark Kids OK After Special Needs School Bus Driver ODs Behind Wheel, Crashes In Newark
Kids OK After Special Needs School Bus Driver ODs Behind Wheel, Crashes In Newark A day after three people were killed by an overdosing driver in a crash at a Route 23 gas station, the driver of a school bus carrying children with special needs had to be revived with Narcan after a crash in Newark. The dozen or so students werenā€™t injured in the 1 p.m. crash at 14th Avenue and Jones Street. Responders used Narcan to revive the woman, who police said apparently had overdosed on heroin. ****** ALSO SEE: Authorities charged the drugged driver in a Tuesday morning crash that killed a father and son and a gas station attendant on Route 23 in Wayne. https://dailyvoice.ā€¦

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Sedan Flips SUV, Hits Empty School Bus In Mahwah Sedan Flips SUV, Hits Empty School Bus In Mahwah
Sedan Flips SUV, Hits Empty School Bus In Mahwah No serious injuries were reported after a sedan struck an SUV -- sending it rolling -- and then careened into an empty school bus outside a Mahwah housing development early Wednesday. A Chevy Tahoe was headed north on Campgaw Road when it was struck by a BMW that had just pulled out of the Rio Vista development, responders said. The Tahoe rolled and landed on its wheels, they said. The BMW, meanwhile, continued into the intersection of Seminary Road, where it struck the bus. Police and EMS responded.

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by Jerry DeMarco