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YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two teens and three adults were hospitalized after a school bus crossed a double-yellow line in Paramus and collided with an NJ Transit bus, sending it into a utility pole, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
The No. 168 NJT bus driver and a passenger were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following the 5:50 p.m. crash on East Ridgewood Avenue in front of the Bergen County Bureau of Police Services building near Pascack Road, authorities said.
One teen from the Bergen County Special Transportation Bus was taken to HUMC and the other to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, Anthony Cureton of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The school bus driver was also taken to HUMC, he said.
Two other students refused treatment for what were described as minor injuries.
The NJT bus was headed west on East Ridgewood when the driver tried to swerve to avoid the school bus, which was coming right at it, Cureton said.
The school bus clipped the rear of the larger vehicle, he said.
PHOTOS: Courtesy LeeAnn Kerwin
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