NYC-bound commuter bus, school bus, crash in NJ - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

NYC-bound commuter bus, school bus, crash in NJ

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OLD BRIDGE, NJ -

Two of at least 17 people injured in a crash involving a commuter bus and a mini school bus in New Jersey are in critical condition.

A 42-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman are being treated in the trauma unit at Robert Wood Johnson hospital. The others are in stable condition at Raritan Bay Medical Center.

An Old Bridge school official says no students were on the smaller school bus, which landed on its side along Route 9.

Academy Bus spokesman Joe Orlando says its bus was headed to Wall Street in New York from Toms River. It had four more stops.

Orlando says the bus can carry as many as 55 passengers.

The accident occurred one day after a high-speed commuter ferry from New Jersey crashed into a dock in Manhattan, injuring dozens.

Television footage showed the commuter bus slammed into a tree, with a large branch protruding from the roof on the passenger side of the front end. The rear of the bus was pinned against a utility pole.

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