Mini school bus, commuter bus crash in N.J.
A school bus sits on its side after a crash in Old Bridge, N.J., Jan. 10, 2013. / WCBS-AM/Tom Kaminski
Updated at 11:46 a.m. ET
OLD BRIDGE, N.J. More than a dozen people were injured Thursday in an accident involving a New York City-bound commuter bus and a mini school bus in New Jersey.
Old Bridge Police Capt. Arthur Carullo said the two most severely injured in Thursday morning's accident were both on the commuter bus and included the driver, whose legs were pinned.
A man, 42, and a woman, 31, were reported in critical condition at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center. Fifteen others were in stable condition at branches of Raritan Bay Medical Center, a hospital spokesman said.
No students were on the school bus, which landed on its side. The police captain said the driver and an aide on that bus were able to escape on their own through a roof hatch.
The school bus was attempting to make a right turn into an apartment complex when it was rear-ended by an Academy bus on Route 9, CBS New York station WINS-AM reports.
The accident occurred one day after a high-speed commuter ferry from New Jersey crashed into a dock in Manhattan, injuring dozens.
The impact of the crash flipped the bus on its side onto a power generator, officials said.
The Academy bus continued up the road, eventually coming to a rest after crashing into a tree. The tree tore through the roof of the bus.
About 40 passengers were on the Academy bus at the time of the accident.
The commuter bus was about midway through its route from Toms River to Wall Street in Manhattan, with four stops left on the run, said Joe Orlando, spokesman for Academy Bus.
The accident closed Route 9 in both directions for hours after the crash.
The accident is under investigation.
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- If all school buses were banned, these kids would never have been hurt! Time to put an end to this madness!
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- Umm, apparently you just look at pictures and do not read. THERE WERE NOT CHILDREN ON THE BUS.
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- The school bus contained no students. Only the driver and matron were aboard.
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- 1Surething and Sax1031...that short bus brings the memories flooding back for the hoplophobotard ban-happy crowd, so naturally they will want to ban buses and highways now too, lest the ranks of their future generations get thinned by similar tragedies.
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- How many more have to be hurt before we do something? Anything!
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- we need an immediate ban on high capacity vehicles
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- How do you suggest we transport the work force, students, and everyone else who needs to travel?
