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School Bus Crash
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Pursuit That Ended In School Bus Crash: Cops
A 28-year-old New Jersey man remains hospitalized after police say he shot at multiple vehicles before leading a high-speed pursuit into Pennsylvania that ended in a school bus crash back in Phillipsburg, NJ. Brett M. Wyatt Jr., of Phillipsburg, began the terrifying ordeal around 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12, when he fired shots at a parked truck on Uniontown Road in Lopatcong, Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said. A responding officer found Wyatt’s vehicle, a yellow hatch bag sedan, heading west on Route 57 near the Rt. 519 intersection, the prosecutor said. Wyatt continued west …
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Driver Who Crashed In NJ School Bus Had Fled Police Over State Lines: Report
The driver of the car that rammed into a Phillipsburg school bus on Route 22 Tuesday afternoon was fleeing authorities in two states, WFMZ reports. A bus transporting first- and second-graders from Phillipsburg Primary School was struck by a vehicle shortly after dismissal on Dec. 12, Daily Voice reported. Superintendent Gregory Troxell has said that some of the 22 students onboard received minor injuries. The driver of the other vehicle had been the subject of a police pursuit that began in Lopatcong, WFMZ reported, citing the Warren County Prosecutor's Office. Authoritie…
Police & Fire
49 Students Injured In Head-On Pennsylvania School Bus Crash
Forty-nine Pennsylvania students were injured in a head-on crash en route to their second day of classes on Wednesday, Sept. 6, authorities said. The crash happened on State Route 115 when the operator of a flat-bed tow truck suffered a medical emergency, and crossed into oncoming traffic just before 8:10 p.m. in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania State Police said at a press conference. The tow truck struck the school bus head-on. Both drivers suffered moderate injuries and the children, students at Bear Creek Community Charter School, suffered minor injuries. All were taken to the hospital f…
Police & Fire
Five Students Injured In Chesco School Bus Crash: Police
Authorities in Chester County are investigating after a school bus crash injured five students, officials say. It happened in Caln Township on Tuesday, March 14, said township police in a statement. The bus was near the corner of Foundry Street and Brooks Lane in Carver Court when it struck a "Flagger Force trailer and vehicle that was legally parked and unattended" at about 3:40 p.m., the department said. Of the 20 Coatesville Area School District students who were onboard at the time of the crash, five "received non-life-threatening injuries," police continued. The injure…
Schools
School Bus Sliced In Half By Taco Bell Sign In Pennsylvania
A school bus crashed into a Taco Bell sign— slicing it in half— in western Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Oct. 19, authorities say. The scene of the school bus crash into a Taco Bell sign in Forest Hills. Facebook/Tom Defino The crash happened in the 2300 block of Ardmore Boulevard, Forest Hills around 9:34 a.m., according to emergency dispatchers. "A pole sliced through the bus, causing a large panel on the door side to break open," WPXI reports. Posted by WPXI-TV Pittsburgh on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Witnesses told Daily Voice no children were onboard but the driver was taken t…
Police & Fire
Children, Driver Hospitalized As School Bus Overturns, Hits Historic Hunterdon County Building
Two children and a school bus driver were sent to a nearby hospital after the vehicle overturned and crashed into a historic Hunterdon County building early Wednesday, authorities said. The Clinton Township bus was driving 17 children on its morning route northbound on Haytown Road when it veered off the right side of the road, struck a boulder and historic outbuilding, and overturned near Evergreen Court, township police said. No serious injuries were reported — however, two children were taken to a nearby medical center for evaluation, police said. The driver, a 55-year-old Glen Gardner…
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Perkasie Police Seek Witnesses In School Bus Crash
Police in Bucks County were looking for witnesses to a school bus crash on Tuesday, Feb. 15. A small school bus and car collided at South Main Street and East Ridge Avenue around 8:35 a.m., Perkasie Borough police said. Police did not say whether anyone was hurt. Anyone with information is urged to contact the police department at (215) -257-6876.
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Driver In PA School Bus Crash Was ‘Distracted’ And Won’t Be Charged: Report
A school bus crash that hospitalized the driver and eight students last month in Pennsylvania was caused by a distracted driver and no charges will be filed, PennLive.com reports. The Easton Area School District bus was carrying almost 30 middle school students when it barreled through a guardrail on Bushkill Drive and plunged 25 feet into Bushkill Creek in Easton on Nov. 8, DailyVoice.com reported. According to a follow-up investigation by the district attorney’s office, the driver tested negative for drugs and alcohol following the crash and moments before had turned her head to address a…
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Driver, Several Students Hospitalized After Easton Area School Bus Crashes Into Creek
A driver and eight students were hospitalized after a school bus crashed through a guard rail and into a creek in the Lehigh Valley on Monday morning, according to LehighValleyLive. The Easton Area School District bus was carrying nearly 30 middle school students when it plunged 25 feet into Bushkill Creek just before 8 a.m., the news outlet says citing authorities. There were no other vehicles involved and the crash remains under investigation. Click here for the full story from LehighValleyLive.
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Fake GoFundMe Removed As Community Rallies For School Bus Driver Dad Killed In I79 Crash
Pennsylvanians are rallying for two families who lost loved ones in a school bus crash along Interstate 79, but a fake GoFundMe campaign temporarily thwarted their efforts. A school bus crashed into a tractor-trailer along I-79 near the Route 422 interchange in Butler County on Tuesday around 5 p.m., as Daily Voice reported at the time. The bus was from Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center and was carrying 13 students all between the ages of 13 and 17, as Daily Voice previously reported. A student, Brylee Walker, 14, was the student killed in the crash, according to a GoFundMe campaign p…
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Support Surges For Families Of Student, Bus Driver Killed In l79 Crash
UPDATE: The fake GoFundMe campaign for school bus driver, Lindsay Thompkins' family has been removed and his family has launched a real one. You can read more about it and find out how to donate here. ORIGINAL: The victims of a fatal school bus crash along Interstate 79 have been identified by police. Lindsay Thompkins, 31, of Aliquippa, Beaver County, was the driver of the school bus that crashed into a tractor-trailer near the Route 422 interchange on Tuesday, according to Pennsylvania state police. The tractor-trailer driver Karandeep Singh, who was uninjured when the bus crashed int…
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