Motorist Dead, 4 Students Hurt in School Bus Crash

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Motorist Dead, 4 Students Hurt in School Bus Crash
Emergency personnel respond to the scene of an accident involving a school bus and SUV in Fairfield Township, N.J., on Thursday Jan. 4, 2016. One person is dead and four children hurt after an SUV and a school bus carrying special needs students collided in southern New Jersey. State police say the SUV driver was pronounced dead at the scene Thursday morning. The students on board the Bridgeton Public Schools bus suffered minor injuries. (Dave Griffin/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
The Associated Press
2/4/2016
Updated:
2/4/2016

FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, N.J.—A school bus carrying special needs students has collided with an SUV in southern New Jersey, leaving one person dead and four children hurt.

State police say the SUV driver was pronounced dead at the scene Thursday morning. The students on board the Bridgeton Public Schools bus sustained minor injuries.

Video from the scene shows the small bus on its side and the crushed front of the SUV covered in a sheet or tarp. The crash happened on a two-lane road in Fairfield Township, about 35 miles south of Philadelphia.

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