This story has been updated as more information became available.
UPDATE, 5:00 p.m. EST – Two people have died and 43 others are injured after a school bus collided with a dump truck on a New Jersey highway on Thursday.
One student and an adult chaperone are dead.
There were 38 students and seven adults on the bus at the time of the crash.
JUST IN: 43 people injured in school bus collision earlier today, New Jersey governor says; 38 students and seven adults were aboard the bus. https://t.co/muu2ARmwSL pic.twitter.com/CYA0jHhYEb
— ABC News (@ABC) May 17, 2018
UPDATE, 1:17 p.m. EST – A student and an adult chaperone are dead following a school bus crash in New Jersey, NBC News 4 has reported, citing sources familiar with the investigation.
DEVELOPING: At least 1 killed, multiple hurt in N.J. school bus crash. https://t.co/GZm7TiIAHW pic.twitter.com/8wD21L5V7a
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 17, 2018
There are also multiple injuries reported.
#RNJNEWS: #BREAKING PHOTOS: MOUNT OLIVE TOWNSHIP, NJ (Morris County) – School bus crash with multiple injuries on I-80 wb near exit 25. pic.twitter.com/Q4rW1B76Qh
— Jay Edwards (@JayEdwardsWrnj) May 17, 2018
A full-size school bus and a dump truck collided on a New Jersey highway on Thursday morning, and multiple injures were reported.
BREAKING: School bus vs. dump truck on #NewJersey Hwy. Children were on the bus & injuries are being reported. pic.twitter.com/1XPP9P8zdz
— Angelica Carrillo (@acarrillonews) May 17, 2018
The school bus was very badly damaged, as early photos of the crash surfaced on social media and showed a bus on its side, the undercarriage completely ripped off.
BREAKING UPDATE: This is the first image we have of a major school bus accident on a New Jersey highway this morning. Children were on the bus and injuries have been reported. https://t.co/VyA0IBznGe pic.twitter.com/0ZIjZuUrBc
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) May 17, 2018
The crash took place on Route 80 westbound in Mount Olive Township, New Jersey State Police said.
The bus was apparently filled with children, and multiple injuries are reported.
Breaking: Serious injuries reported after a school bus collided with a dump truck in Mount Olive, New Jersey. pic.twitter.com/1oyYVsmzJt
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) May 17, 2018
There is currently no information about the number of children on the bus or their names, nor the nature of the injuries.
NBC News 4 reported:
“Photos obtained by News 4 shows the heavily damaged bus on its side in the median, surrounded by dozens of emergency and law enforcement vehicles. The front of it is barely recognizable, a mangled chunk of broken-apart machinery spread from the highway shoulder lane through the guardrail and into the grassy median, where police and first responders are seen tending to stunned children. The undercarriage with the bus wheels lies perpendicular to the overturned bus, stretching out over multiple lanes of the highway.
The side of the bus says Paramus Board of Education, according to Mount Olive Township Mayor Rob Greenbaum.”
BREAKING: Police: School bus and dump truck collide on New Jersey highway; multiple people injured.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 17, 2018
The dump truck was also damaged in the crash.
A dump truck appears to have also been damaged in Thursday’s horrific crash involving a school bus in New Jersey. More: https://t.co/PTnnrdmutp pic.twitter.com/jpwDy1om9m
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) May 17, 2018
