Seven people, including five students, were injured in a crash between a mini school bus and a pickup truck this morning in Yorktown, Westchester County, New York.
Both vehicles were severely damaged. It is unclear how many children were inside the bus at the time of the accident at 9:30 a.m. Friday on Old Yorktown Road.
Authorities said five high school students and the driver were taken to hospitals with injuries, in stable condition, NBC News highlighted.
Yorktown police said a preliminary investigation indicates the driver of the van suffered a medical emergency and collided with the bus. That driver was also taken to a hospital for evaluation. Route 132 was closed between Barger and Wildwoods streets to assist in the investigation.
In a similar case, on Wednesday night five people were injured inside vehicles and on the street after an 89-year-old driver apparently lost control of his luxury Mercedes car after suffering an apparent medical episode in Brooklyn (NYC). .
In February, a 5-year-old girl was fatally struck by a school bus she had just gotten off in Rockland County, New York.
In late January, an 8-year-old boy was also fatally struck by a Jewish school bus in Rockland County. Two days later, three elderly people died and another adult was injured in a violent crash between a car and a school bus in New Jersey.
In another similar case, in November a Dominican grandmother was killed by a school bus after dropping her three granddaughters off at school in Queens (NYC).
The authorities remember that there is zero tolerance towards drivers who drive at excess speed and/or under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
In December, Governor Kathy Hochul signed “Angelica's Law,” intended to keep drivers with prior suspensions off the road by charging repeat offenders who operate vehicles after committing five or more traffic violations that resulted in a felony. suspensions or revocations.