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New Update: IDs Released Of Mother, Child Struck, Killed By School Bus In Westchester New Update: IDs Released Of Mother, Child Struck, Killed By School Bus In Westchester
New Update: IDs Released Of Mother, Child Struck, Killed By School Bus In Westchester The names of a kindergarten student and his mother who were fatally struck by a bus while walking to a Westchester school have been released by police. Mamaroneck resident Molly Murphy Donovan, age 43, and her 6-year-old son, Michael Donovan Volpe, were killed in a crash in in Mamaroneck on Thursday, June 20 around 8:30 a.m. They were struck by a school bus at the intersection of New Street and Mamaroneck Avenue, the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department announced on Friday, June 21.  Earlier Report - Latest Update: Kindergarten Student, Mother Both Fatally Struck Near M…

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by Ben Crnic
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3 Adults, Child Hospitalized After Car Crashes Into School Bus In Westchester 3 Adults, Child Hospitalized After Car Crashes Into School Bus In Westchester
3 Adults, Child Hospitalized After Car Crashes Into School Bus In Westchester Three adults and a child were taken to a hospital after a car struck a school bus in Westchester. The incident happened on Tuesday, May 14 around 3:30 p.m., when a sedan struck a school bus in the area of 317 South Broadway (Route 9) in Yonkers, according to Yonkers Police Detective Sergeant Frank DiDomizio.  The bus had been carrying two adults and a child who were all hospitalized with minor injuries.  Meanwhile, the sedan's driver was also taken to an area hospital with minor injuries. They received a traffic summons for driving on the wrong side of the road, DiDomiz…

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by Ben Crnic
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School Bus Crashes Near Westlake HS In Thornwood School Bus Crashes Near Westlake HS In Thornwood
School Bus Crashes Near Westlake HS In Thornwood A school bus carrying students was involved in a crash in Northern Westchester just a short time after beginning its route, officials said. The crash, which happened on Friday afternoon, May 3 in Mount Pleasant, occurred shortly after Bus 4 left the Westlake High School campus in Thornwood. The incident was a minor crash and caused no injuries, Mount Pleasant Central School District Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo said. Members of the Mount Pleasant Police Department and Mount Pleasant Central School District staff were at the scene, Giarrizzo added. A replacement bus was brought…

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by Ben Crnic
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Girl Hit, Killed By School Bus In Hudson Valley Girl Hit, Killed By School Bus In Hudson Valley
Girl Hit, Killed By School Bus In Hudson Valley A young girl was hit and killed by a school bus in the Hudson Valley The incident took place in Rockland County around 11:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 16 in the area of S. Madison Ave., in Spring Valley, said the Spring Valley Police  According to Det. Yakov Polowin of the Spring Valley Police, police responded and found medical personnel already on the scene but the 5-year-old girl was pronounced dead.  Her identity has not yet been released. According to Yeshiva World News, the child will be buried Friday afternoon. This is the second fatal bus death within the past two weeks i…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Child Struck, Killed By School Bus In Hudson Valley Child Struck, Killed By School Bus In Hudson Valley
Child Struck, Killed By School Bus In Hudson Valley A child has died after being struck by a school bus in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place in Rockland County around 5:50 p.m., Monday, Jan. 29 in front of 100 Clinton Ave., in the Village of New Square. According to Lt. Blaine Howell of the Ramapo Police, the 8-year-old child was treated by paramedics on the scene but was pronounced dead. The driver of the bus remained on the scene and is cooperating with the police, Howell said. The crash is currently being investigated by the Ramapo Police Crash Investigation Unit The child's name was not released by police. This is a developi…

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by Kathy Reakes
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'Where Words Fail, Music Speaks': Schools Show Support For Victims Of I-84 Bus Crash 'Where Words Fail, Music Speaks': Schools Show Support For Victims Of I-84 Bus Crash
'Where Words Fail, Music Speaks': Schools Show Support For Victims Of I-84 Bus Crash In the days following a tragic high school band bus crash that killed two pillars of the community, Long Islanders near and far from the school have rallied to show their support in whatever way they can. “I kept hoping someone would wake me up and tell me it was only a bad dream.” Just days after the Thursday, Sept. 21 Farmingdale High School bus crash on I-84 in Orange County that killed two adults and injured dozens of students, Greg Warno is still at a loss for words. Earlier Report: Bus Crash: Farmingdale HS Band Director, Retired Teacher ID'd As Victims In Horrific Rollover Wa…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Update: 4 Have Life-Threatening Injuries After School Bus, Car Crash In New Castle Update: 4 Have Life-Threatening Injuries After School Bus, Car Crash In New Castle
Update: 4 Have Life-Threatening Injuries After School Bus, Car Crash In New Castle Four teenagers have life-threatening injuries after a crash between a school bus and a car in Northern Westchester. The crash happened just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 26 in New Castle on Lake Road, New Castle Police said. Related story - Support Pours In For Teens Severely Injured After School Bus, Car Crash In Northern Westchester The incident involved a head-on collision between the bus from the Yorktown School District and a car that somehow veered into the southbound lane on Lake Road near Crow Hill Road, injuring at least nine people, according to a report by WABC.  …

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by Ben Crnic
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One Killed In Crash Involving School Bus, State Police Patrol Vehicle In Hudson Valley One Killed In Crash Involving School Bus, State Police Patrol Vehicle In Hudson Valley
One Killed In Crash Involving School Bus, State Police Patrol Vehicle In Hudson Valley One person was killed during a crash in the Hudson Valley between a New York State Police patrol vehicle and a school bus. The crash took place around 3:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 8 in Dutchess County on Route 55 and South Cross Road in LaGrange. It involved the patrol vehicle and an Arlington Central School District minibus with two adult students, the driver and an aide onboard, said Trooper AJ Hicks. The two students were transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie with non-life-threatening injuries. The parents of the students were notified, Hicks said. An adult aid was pr…

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by Kathy Reakes
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One Killed In Crash Involving School Bus In Hudson Valley One Killed In Crash Involving School Bus In Hudson Valley
One Killed In Crash Involving School Bus In Hudson Valley One person was killed during a two-vehicle crash between a school bus and a dump truck in the Hudson Valley. It happened around 8:50 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 14 in Ulster County, on Route 9W in the town of Saugerties. The driver of the dump truck suffered critical injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. The school bus operator suffered minor injuries and was transported to Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley Broadway Campus in Kingston for further treatment.   No children were on the school bus at the time of the accident, the…

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by Kathy Reakes
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School Bus Driver Dies From Injuries Sustained In Hudson Valley Crash School Bus Driver Dies From Injuries Sustained In Hudson Valley Crash
School Bus Driver Dies From Injuries Sustained In Hudson Valley Crash A school bus driver who was critically injured in a crash with a tree truck in October has died. Andy Sanchez, who has worked in Orange County in the Washingtonville School District and drove students from Little Britain Elementary School in New Windsor, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, from his injuries, said Larry Washington, Superintendent of Schools "It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the tragic loss of Andy Sanchez, a Washingtonville school bus driver of nine years," said Washington in a letter to the district. Sanchez was injured in the crash that took place around 8:21 …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Three Critical Following School Bus Crash Involving Students In Hudson Valley Three Critical Following School Bus Crash Involving Students In Hudson Valley
Three Critical Following School Bus Crash Involving Students In Hudson Valley This story has been updated Three people are in critical condition, including a female elementary school student, following a school bus crash with a truck in the Hudson Valley. The crash took place around 8:21 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21, in Orange County on Route 207 in the Town of New Windsor. The crash occurred when a commercial tree service truck that was heading westbound on Route 207 at Little Britain and Beattie roads when it crossed over the double-yellow line and struck the Washingtonville School District School bus,  said Town of New Windsor Deputy Police Chief …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Bus Driver Dies After Crash With 22 Students Aboard On I-84 Bus Driver Dies After Crash With 22 Students Aboard On I-84
Bus Driver Dies After Crash With 22 Students Aboard On I-84 The driver of a school bus died after crashing into a tree off I-84, New York State Police said. Troopers responded near exit 28 off I-84 in Orange County at approximately 7:50 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, when a school bus owned by the Warwick Central School District crashed. Police said that the investigation determined that the school bus driver - Warwick resident Denise Schmidt, 53 - suffered a medical episode and became slumped over the steering wheel as the bus was heading up the ramp to merge onto the interstate. The bus traveled off the shoulder of the roadway, into a small grassy ravi…

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by Zak Failla
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Three, Including Two Students, Injured In Valhalla School Bus Crash Three, Including Two Students, Injured In Valhalla School Bus Crash
Three, Including Two Students, Injured In Valhalla School Bus Crash Three people, including two students, were injured in a school bus crash in Valhalla Friday morning. The incident took place around 7:24 a.m. Friday on Grasslands Road in Mount Pleasant after the bus, heading west up a hill near the Westchester Community College, skidded on ice, said Mount Pleasant Police Capt. Michael Pierce. After skidding, the bus struck a utility pole, and then skidded back down Grasslands Road before it ran into an embankment which stopped the bus, he said. A total of four people were on the bus, including two teenagers who received minor injuries,…

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by Kathy Reakes
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School Bus Driver Airlifted To Westchester Medical Center After Rollover Crash School Bus Driver Airlifted To Westchester Medical Center After Rollover Crash
School Bus Driver Airlifted To Westchester Medical Center After Rollover Crash A school bus driver was rescued by firefighters after the bus she was driving rolled over and she became "heavily trapped" near the border of Orange and Ulster counties.The crash took place around 7:11 a.m. Monday on Quaker Street in the area of the county line and involved a bus servicing the Wallkill School District, said the Plattekill Fire Department. When firefighters, along with the Plattekill Ambulance and the Cronomer Valley Fire Department, arrived on the scene, they found the driver, trapped, but no students aboard, the department said. After a quick evaluation, EMS requested…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Four Students Hospitalized In Area School Bus Crash Four Students Hospitalized In Area School Bus Crash
Four Students Hospitalized In Area School Bus Crash This story has been updated. Several students from Pearl River Middle School have been transported to area hospitals for examination following a school bus crash with another vehicle. According to Lt. David Mellin with the Orangetown Police, the crash took place early Thursday afternoon on Center Street in Pearl River. Pearl River Schools Superintendent Marco Pochintesta said four students were hospitalized for evaluation. "The remaining students were either picked up at the scene or were transported home on a replacement bus," Pochintesta said. "At this time only minor in…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Taconic Parkway Reopens After Rollover Crash Involving School Bus Taconic Parkway Reopens After Rollover Crash Involving School Bus
Taconic Parkway Reopens After Rollover Crash Involving School Bus Update All lanes on the Taconic State Parkway have reopened after a crash earlier Wednesday morning involving a school bus. Original report All southbound lanes and one northbound lane of the Taconic State Parkway are closed due to a school bus crash, according to the New York State Police. The rollover took place around 8:18 a.m. Wednesday north of Bryant Pond Road in Putnam Valley, said Trooper AJ Hicks, a spokesman for the state police. The mini-bus, from the Tarrytown Union Free School District, had only the driver onboard, who was slightly injured, Hicks said.  No other vehicles we…

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by Kathy Reakes