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Gaithersburg, MD
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Tour Bus Erupts In Flames At Montgomery County Park-And-Ride, Sending One To Hospital Tour Bus Erupts In Flames At Montgomery County Park-And-Ride, Sending One To Hospital
Tour Bus Erupts In Flames At Montgomery County Park-And-Ride, Sending One To Hospital A tour bus erupted into flames at a Maryland park-and-ride lot on Friday, sending thick smoke skyward and one person to the hospital, officials said. The fiery spectacle broke out just before 11:30 a.m. on May 30 at the park-and-ride lot on Georgia Avenue near MD-200 (ICC), according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. Photos from the scene show heavy charring across the side of a Coach USA bus, with blown-out windows, scorched seats, and damage near the rear wheels where the blaze appears to have originated.  Foam from fire suppression efforts surrounded the wreckage. Twitter/@m…

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by Zak Failla
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
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Coach USA Bus Crash: Police ID Victim Killed, Release Details In Middletown Collision Coach USA Bus Crash: Police ID Victim Killed, Release Details In Middletown Collision
Coach USA Bus Crash: Police ID Victim Killed, Release Details In Middletown Collision Authorities have released the name of a 67-year-old man killed after being hit by a Coach USA bus in Orange County.  Middletown resident Rickey Melvin was killed in an incident on Monday, Jan. 27 at around 5:56 a.m. at the intersection of Wickham Avenue and Fairlawn Avenue in Middletown, according to City of Middletown Police Department Lieutenant Jeffry Thoelen.  Arriving officers found Melvin lying in the eastbound lane of Wickham Avenue after responding to a 911 call reporting that a pedestrian had been gravely injured, with bystanders already perf…

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by Ben Crnic
Paramus, NJ
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Coach USA Terminates 20 NJ Transit Lines In Filing For Bankruptcy, NJT 'Exploring Every Option' Coach USA Terminates 20 NJ Transit Lines In Filing For Bankruptcy, NJT 'Exploring Every Option'
Coach USA Terminates 20 NJ Transit Lines In Filing For Bankruptcy, NJT 'Exploring Every Option' The pressure is on for NJ Transit. The company was left high and dry when Coach USA announced it would be terminating its agreement with the major transportation company, halting service to 20 of its bus routes in Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic counties come Aug. 16. The decision to do so was made amid Coach USA filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A spokesperson from NJ Transit said the company received written notice of Coach's intentions to abandon three of its five contracts in Bergen, Passaic, and Hudson counties "with a cessation of operation at the close of business" on Aug. 16. NJ Trans…

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by Cecilia Levine
Edison, NJ
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Megabus Passenger Files Suit After Double Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash Megabus Passenger Files Suit After Double Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash
Megabus Passenger Files Suit After Double Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash Yet another lawsuit has been filed in the double-fatal Megabus crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Woodbridge in 2022, according to court records. A passenger on the Megabus that crashed killing two passengers and injuring 17 others, has filed a lawsuit against the bus company and its driver, Eric Naughton of Westville. Kimberly Clay, of Manhattan, claims she suffered incapacitating injuries after Naughton was allegedly speeding.  According to her lawsuit, filed on Jan. 24 in Superior Court of Middlesex County, Clay says Naughton "operated the subject bus in a reckless, willful a…

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by Jon Craig
Hackensack, NJ
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Commuter Bus Topples Traffic Light At Border of Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights Commuter Bus Topples Traffic Light At Border of Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights
Commuter Bus Topples Traffic Light At Border of Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights No injuries were reported when a commuter bus downed a traffic light Monday afternoon at a busy intersection at the border of Hackensack and Hasbrouck Heights. Somehow the NJ TRANSIT bus being leased by Coach USA was the only vehicle damaged in the collision across from the 7-Eleven on South Summit Avenue off the corner of West Pleasantview Avenue around 2 p.m. Southbound South Summit Avenue into Boulevard remained closed for cleanup, repairs and an investigation of the accident's cause. No one was reported injury in the Monday afternoon crash Dec. 5 at the Hackensack/Hasbrouck Heights…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Bus Downs Utility Pole In Paramus Bus Downs Utility Pole In Paramus
Bus Downs Utility Pole In Paramus A bus driver with no passengers avoided injury after toppling a utility pole in Paramus. The NJ Transit bus clipped the pole on East Ridgewood Avenue adjacent to the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home and Bergen New Bridge Medical Center shortly before 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18. Paramus police and firefighters responded, along with a PSE&G crew that handled the necessary repairs. The Coach USA bus was driveable. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this article. The utility pole got the worst of it on East Ridgewood Avenue in Paramus.Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Stony Point, NY
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Drunk Driver Flees Scene Of Crash With Coach Bus In Rockland, Police Say Drunk Driver Flees Scene Of Crash With Coach Bus In Rockland, Police Say
Drunk Driver Flees Scene Of Crash With Coach Bus In Rockland, Police Say A Spring Valley man was arrested for DWI after fleeing from the scene of a crash with a Coach Bus. The incident began around 11:25 p.m., Monday, May 20, when officers were investigating an accident that occurred in the area of 140 E Route 59, said Spring Valley Police Officer Matthew Galli. While officers were directing traffic at the initial accident, a vehicle was observed without headlights on, with a flat front driver’s side tire and front-end damage heading in their direction, he said. After a brief investigation, the operator of the vehicle, Carlos Carpio-Lema, 43,&nbs…

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by Kathy Reakes
Bergenfield, NJ
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Public Transit Hell: Disabled Bergenfield Mom Rides Wheelchair Miles Home Public Transit Hell: Disabled Bergenfield Mom Rides Wheelchair Miles Home
Public Transit Hell: Disabled Bergenfield Mom Rides Wheelchair Miles Home What should have been a quick trip to the mall turned into a hellish nightmare for a paralyzed Bergenfield mom. Kathy Moore -- who is trying to raise money to buy herself a handicap accessible van -- ended up riding her electric wheelchair nearly two miles home in the cold Saturday due to problems with NJ Transit buses. Moore became paralyzed nearly 20 years ago after surviving a nearly-deadly stabbing by her ex-husband in Hackensack. She raised both of her sons alone and yearns to live an independent life -- working, volunteering and running errands. The public transportation system has …

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by Cecilia Levine