New Jersey School Bus Crash Kills One Girl on The Bus by Dumptruck
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It happened on Chesterfield, New Jersey.
According to all local ABC, NBC, and CBS affiliates (Philadelphia) are reporting that a school bus crash happened in Chesterfield, New Jersey. They are reporting that a one girl, a daughter of a New Jersey State Trooper, has died, and three kids are at a hospital that are in the area.
Here are the details from WPVI, a local ABC affiliate, explains the details:
CHESTERFIELD, N.J. – February 16, 2012 (WPVI) – One child has died as the result of a crash between a dump truck and a school bus Thursday morning in Chesterfield, Burlington County.
The crash happened around 8:18 a.m. at the intersection of Bordentown Chesterfield Road (Route 528) and Old York Road.
A bus carrying students of Chesterfield Elementary School was travelling along Old York Road when it collided with a dump truck, which was coming down Route 528. The collision spun the bus around, slamming the back side of the vehicle into a traffic light pole.
Action News has confirmed that one child, the daughter of a New Jersey State Trooper, was killed in the crash. We are also told that this Trooper, who has triplets, may have at least one other child who was on that bus and is being treated at an area hospital.
More than a dozen students have been taken to area hospitals for treatment of various injuries. Three of the injured were air lifted and others were taken from the scene by ambulance.
A house near the corner of the accident scene was set up as a triage center. The less severely injured children, and the children who were not injured at all, were taken inside of the house for treatment. Some of those children were hospitalized as a precaution.
Chesterfield Elementary School Superintendent tells Action News that all parents have been notified.
The dump truck, which bears the logo for Herman’s Trucking Company out of Wrightstown, New Jersey, sustained front-end damage. There is still no word on what led to the accident.
The intersection is completely closed off to traffic. State and local police are on the scene as the investigation continues.
More news will progress as it will be later on today.
Here are the link to the photos of the crash: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/gallery?section=news/local&id=8546290&photo=1&pid=8546136
Update (12:26pm): According to the CBS Philadelphia news, that the girl who got killed is a triplet.
Update (1:42pm): Press conference held. Chesterfield Police is going to investigating about the crash with the assistance by the New Jersey State Troopers. The Supertenant of the school district will be speaking about this with the staff and send letter to the students home. School will be open tomorrow for counseling for the families who was involve it and if they need to seek it. All students and staff are off due to the holiday weekend. No charges are filed. The accident has one killed, 17 injured. Also, a candlelight memorial service will be held later on this evening. The age of the one got killed is 11 years old and is a girl.






