Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Bus Crashes Into Train Station In Westchester Bus Crashes Into Train Station In Westchester
Bus Crashes Into Train Station In Westchester A Westchester County Bee-Line bus hit an overhang at the drop-off area of a Metro-North Station in Westchester County. MTA Police are investigating a report made at 8:26 a.m. Monday, Nov. 23, that a Westchester County Bee-Line bus carrying no passengers struck and became wedged in a weather-protection overhang over a passenger drop-off area used by motorists at the Scarsdale Metro-North station, said Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the MTA. There are no reports of injuries, he added. Metro-North Railroad personnel found no damage to the station. There was no impact to train service.

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by Kathy Reakes
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Man Killed After Being Struck By School Bus At Long Island Intersection Man Killed After Being Struck By School Bus At Long Island Intersection
Man Killed After Being Struck By School Bus At Long Island Intersection A man was killed after being struck by a school bus at a busy Long Island intersection. The incident happened on Monday, Nov. 16 just before 6:40 p.m. in Great Neck. While attempting to cross Nirvana Avenue at Middle Neck Road, the victim, a 78-year-old male pedestrian, was struck was a Towne Bus Company school bus, Nassau County Police said.  The driver, a 60-year-old woman, attempted to turn off of Middle Neck Road onto Nirvana Avenue when the accident occurred, said police.  As a result of the collision, the pedestrian suffered multiple trauma injuries, was transported to an …

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by Joe Lombardi
Rutherford, NJ
Police & Fire
Woman Struck By Bus On Route 120 In Carlstadt Woman Struck By Bus On Route 120 In Carlstadt
Woman Struck By Bus On Route 120 In Carlstadt A woman staying at a local hotel was struck by a commuter bus near the Meadowlands Tuesday night. The 36-year-old victim wasn't in a crosswalk when an NJ Transit bus hit her in the middle lane of Route 120 (Paterson Plank Road) outside the Holiday Inn Express in Carlstadt shortly after 7:30 p.m., Detective Sgt. John Cleary said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with serious and possibly life-threatening injuries, Cleary said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit and NJ Transit police were notified. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Crim…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: 12 Hospitalized After Lincoln Tunnel-Bound Buses Crash UPDATE: 12 Hospitalized After Lincoln Tunnel-Bound Buses Crash
Update: 12 Hospitalized After Lincoln Tunnel-Bound Buses Crash A dozen people were hospitalized Monday morning after a New Jersey Transit bus rear-ended another, sending it into a guardrail, on their way to the Lincoln Tunnel. Port Authority Tunnel and Bridge agents had to cut off the doors and spread the stairwell to get to those injured on the bus that veered off the road and struck the guardrail on the ramp from the northbound New Jersey Turnpike to eastbound Route 495 in Secaucus around 7:15 a.m. Ten passengers and both drivers were hospitalized, responders said. Four of those injured were placed in collars and on backboards after complaining of b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
North Hunterdon, NJ
Traffic
Bus, Tractor-Trailer Crash On Route 80 In Blairstown Bus, Tractor-Trailer Crash On Route 80 In Blairstown
Bus, Tractor-Trailer Crash On Route 80 In Blairstown Six or seven people sustained minor injuries in a crash involving a passenger bus and tractor trailer on the eastbound side of Route 80 Tuesday morning, authorities said. The crash near mile marker 8.9 shattered the bus window and sent two or three people to a local hospital with minor injuries around 5:30 a.m., initial reports say. The bus was moved to the right shoulder of the highway around 7 a.m., as workers cleared shattered glass from the roadway, state police said. No major traffic detours were reported and drivers were urged to use caution. From inside the bus.Christopher John…

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by Cecilia Levine
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Charged With Leaving Scene Of Fatal Hit-Run Woman Charged With Leaving Scene Of Fatal Hit-Run
Woman Charged With Leaving Scene Of Fatal Hit-Run The driver of a passenger bus has been arrested for leaving the scene of a fatal hit-and-run incident. The incident was uncovered around 5:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, when City of Newburgh Police officers responded to the area of 301 Robinson Avenue for a report of a male struck by a vehicle, said Det. Sgt. Joseph Rutigliano. Officers located a man who appeared to have been struck by a vehicle and was deceased. The vehicle that struck the man had left the scene.  City of Newburgh detectives began working and a short while into the investigation; it was de…

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by Kathy Reakes
Paramus, NJ
Sports
Paramus Catholic Hockey Team Honors Humboldt Following Fatal Crash Paramus Catholic Hockey Team Honors Humboldt Following Fatal Crash
Paramus Catholic Hockey Team Honors Humboldt Following Fatal Crash Last Friday, a Canadian town that lives for hockey was shaken when a bus of teenage athletes collided with a tractor-trailer, killing 16 and injuring 14. Members of the Paramus Catholic Hockey Team are donning Paladins jerseys on Thursday, April 12, in solidarity with the Humboldt Broncos who lost their lives and those still fighting.  "We’ve all traveled on buses as a team and it’s a bonding experience," Head Coach Keith Bland said. "As an organization we chose to wear our shirts to support them in any way we could." "This hit hard," school employee and team…

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by Cecilia Levine