14 injured children, 1 ‘seriously’, after the Volcan school bus in New Jersey

A child has stayed with “serious injuries” and another 13 have also been injured after a school bus accident in New Jersey.

In a statement obtained by the people, the New Jersey State Police confirmed that the bus was traveling in Garden State Parkway when he crashed and overturned on Monday, March 10.

The authorities said the bus driver also suffered “moderate injuries” in the accident, while “a youth passenger suffered serious injuries, and another 13 minors suffered minor injuries.”

“Based on a preliminary investigation, a school bus operated by Joseph Itzkowitz, a 44 -year -old man from Lakewood, NJ, was traveling north through the GSP,” said the statement. “In the Milepost 170.5 area, the bus traveled on the right side of the road and overturned.”

After the accident, the mayor of Montale, Mike Ghassali, shared updates on Facebook And he published photos of the lifeguards around the overturned bus, which had taken 31 people.

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“The school bus that was heading to the state of New York worbated in Parkway in Marker 170.9, with injuries. Parkway lanes closed at this time, ”Ghassali wrote.

“Update: fortunately no deaths were reported. A serious injury,” he added later. “31 total occupants on the bus heading to New York, 13 transported to local hospitals.”

According ABC 7According to the reports, the bus carried children who had been celebrating the birth of a rabbi.

“I have been informed about an accident in Garden State Parkway earlier tonight near the service area of ​​James Gandolfini that involves a school bus overturned from Lakewood,” the governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy, wrote in x Mondays. “@Njsp and @Newjerseydot They are currently on the scene. ”

New Jersey State Police told People that the accident is still under investigation.