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Three Adults, HS Student Hospitalized After School Bus Crash In South Jersey Three Adults, HS Student Hospitalized After School Bus Crash In South Jersey
Three Adults, HS Student Hospitalized After School Bus Crash In South Jersey Three adults and a child were hospitalized after a minivan and a school bus crashed in Ocean County, authorities said. Manchester Township police responded to the crash at the intersection of Route 70 and County Route 571 at around 6:40 a.m. on Thursday, Apr. 18, the department said in a news release. Two Manchester Township High School students were on the bus during the crash. Officers found a yellow 2015 Thomas school bus with extensive front-end damage and a green 2005 Honda Odyssey with extensive front passenger-side damage in County Route 571 North. The bus was facing north …
Van Strikes Central Jersey School Bus, Driver Wanted In Hit-And-Run: Police Van Strikes Central Jersey School Bus, Driver Wanted In Hit-And-Run: Police
Van Strikes Central Jersey School Bus, Driver Wanted In Hit-And-Run: Police Marlboro Township police are looking for whoever struck a school bus in a hit-and-run crash, authorities said. A white Ford commercial van hit the mirror of a school bus at around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Mar. 21, a Marlboro police spokesperson said. The van left the scene of the crash at the intersection of Route 79 and Newman Springs Road (county route 520). The bus driver and the eight students from a Marlboro elementary school were not injured. A school nurse went to the crash scene and checked all of the students as a precaution. Anyone with information about the hit-and-run should…
School Bus Driver Drove 23 Students While Drunk In South Jersey, Police Say School Bus Driver Drove 23 Students While Drunk In South Jersey, Police Say
School Bus Driver Drove 23 Students While Drunk In South Jersey, Police Say A New Jersey bus driver was arrested for drunk driving with 23 students on board the bus, police said. Clayton police got a tip that Suzanne Storms, 48, of Williamstown, may be driving students while drunk on Friday morning, Feb. 9, local police said. 6abc says the tip came from Storms' boyfriend. Police say Suzanne Stoms' boyfriend tipped them off that she could be transporting school children while intoxicated. https://t.co/efLqfobLRI — Action News on 6abc (@6abc) February 10, 2024 Officers tracked the vehicle to Franklin Street and Poe Avenue, where field sobriety tests were conduct…
Teen Driver Crashes Into Ocean County School Bus: Police Teen Driver Crashes Into Ocean County School Bus: Police
Teen Driver Crashes Into Ocean County School Bus: Police A teen driver crashed a car into a school bus in Ocean County, authorities said. Manchester Township police said the crash happened at the intersection of Route 37 and Colonial Drive at around 3:45 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26. The intersection is right next to the police department. Investigators said the teen was driving a 2007 Hyundai Elantra west on Colonial Drive in the left turn lane. The 2017 Thomas school bus owned and operated by the Manchester Township Board of Education was also traveling west on Colonial Drive. The car and bus entered the intersection at the same time. The car …
What Does Guilty Plea By Manager Of NJ Bus Company That Endangered Children Mean For Owner? What Does Guilty Plea By Manager Of NJ Bus Company That Endangered Children Mean For Owner?
What Does Guilty Plea By Manager Of NJ Bus Company That Endangered Children Mean For Owner? UPDATE: The prosecution of two Paterson-based school bus companies accused of risking children's safety by hiring criminals as drivers, operating unsafe buses and other violations has notched its first conviction. Will there be another? Henry Rhodes, 59, admitted in state Superior Court in Newark last week that he lied to school districts about the safety of buses and the credentials of drivers at both companies, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. The goal, authorities said, was to keep lucrative busing contracts in Essex, Hudson, Passaic and Union counties no matter the …
NJ: Couple Covered Up Hiring Criminals, Drug Addicts As Drivers For Unsafe School Buses NJ: Couple Covered Up Hiring Criminals, Drug Addicts As Drivers For Unsafe School Buses
NJ: Couple Covered Up Hiring Criminals, Drug Addicts As Drivers For Unsafe School Buses The owners of an Essex County-based school bus company whose driver OD'd and crashed with 12 special-needs kids on board hired criminals and drug addicts, put unsafe vehicles on the road and tried to cover it all up, state authorities charged. Ahmed Mahgoub, 62, and his wife, Faiza Ibrahim, 47, both of East Hanover, knowingly hired drivers for F&A Transportation who “did not hold valid commercial driver’s licenses or required license endorsements, as well as drivers who had criminal histories or were using illegal drugs,” Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The couple doctored vehic…
Newark High School Students Injured In Hit-Run Bus Crash Newark High School Students Injured In Hit-Run Bus Crash
Newark High School Students Injured In Hit-Run Bus Crash Five students and two adults were injured in a hit-and-run school bus crash Saturday afternoon in Newark. The bus from was carrying 13 people including West Side High School students when it was struck at Springfield Avenue and South 11th Street by a black Audi SUV, a Newark police spokeswoman said. The Audi driver fled the scene and seven people reported pain, authorities said. Further details were not released.The incident remains under investigation.
State: Paterson School Bus Company Hired Criminal, Sex Offender Drivers, Ran Unsafe Buses State: Paterson School Bus Company Hired Criminal, Sex Offender Drivers, Ran Unsafe Buses
State: Paterson School Bus Company Hired Criminal, Sex Offender Drivers, Ran Unsafe Buses A Paterson-based school bus company owner from Wayne and his manager hired criminals as drivers – including a registered sex offender – and covered it up, state authorities charged. Shelim Khalique, the 51-year-old owner/operator of A-1 Elegant Tours on Paterson Street, and manager Henry Rhodes, 56, of Paterson, hired drivers without background checks or mandatory drug tests while operating unsafe buses, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Personnel files seized last year revealed that A-1 – which has serviced Essex, Hudson, Passaic and Union counties -- employed several drivers w…
Car Sideswipes Paterson School Bus, Three Kids Hospitalized Car Sideswipes Paterson School Bus, Three Kids Hospitalized
Car Sideswipes Paterson School Bus, Three Kids Hospitalized Three Paterson children were hospitalized as a precaution after their school bus was sideswiped Tuesday morning, authorities said. The bus was parked at the corner of Trenton and Florida avenues when a Nissan Altima with a 30-year-old female driver came down the street shortly before 8:30 a.m., Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. "She was coming by alongside the bus as another car came in the other direction," Speziale said. "She swerved to avoid the other car and sideswiped the bus." Three grade schoolers of the 22 reported occupants on the bus were taken to St. Joseph's Regional …