14 students injured in school bus collision in South Jersey
The crash occurred just before 2:55 p.m. at Hawkin and Skeet Roads in Medford Township. No serious injuries occurred, the superintendent said.
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Fourteen students sustained minor injuries after a school bus was hit by a work truck Tuesday afternoon in Burlington County, authorities said.
The crash occurred just before 2:55 p.m. at Hawkin and Skeet Roads in Medford Township.
Medford Township police said the bus was turning left from Hawkin Road onto Skeet Road when it was struck by a utility bucket truck traveling south on Skeet Road.
Ten students were transported to Virtua Hospital Mount Holly to be treated for complaints of pain and other non-life-threatening injuries, Medford police said. One student was transported to Cooper University Hospital for head and rib pain. Three students were released at the crash scene to their parents, who then took them to local hospitals.
No serious injuries occurred, Christopher Nagy, superintendent of schools for the Burlington County Special Services School District, said in an email.
Images from TV helicopter video shows the work truck apparently struck the bus on the driver’s side. The bus markings indicated it was from the Burlington County Institute of Technology, a high school.
The truck collided with the bus shortly after dismissal from the high school’s Medford campus, Nagy said.
The cause of the crash was being investigated, police said.