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| New Jersey crash: School bus and dump truck collide resulting in multiple casualties, say reports | New Jersey crash: School bus and dump truck collide resulting in multiple casualties, say reports |
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| A school bus has collided with a dump truck on a major highway in the US state of New Jersey earlier today and at least one person has died with multiple others suffering injuries. | |
| An unknown number of children were on the school bus at the time of the 10am crash, state police said. The crash tore the undercarriage of the bus off completely and left it demolished, lying in the median of Route 80 in Mount Olive Township, New Jersey, according to a local NBC News station. The undercarriage and its parts are spread out along the highway. | |
| The scene of the accident was full of police vehicles and ambulances, tending to children in shock and possibly injured. The extent of their injuries is not known at this time. | |
| At least one person was taken to St Joseph Medical Centre in Paterson, New Jersey, while several others were reportedly taken to nearby Hackettstown Medical Centre. | |
| Mount Olive Township Mayor Rob Greenbaum said the bus was from the Paramus Board of Education, another city in New Jersey. A source told NBC News that the bus could have been coming from East Brook Middle School in Paramus, which has 650 students in fifth through eighth grades. The school has not yet responded to a request for comment. | |
| "There's an incredible emergency response from throughout Morris County and by State Police. It's a horrific scene," Mr Greenbaum said to USA Today. | |
| The highway has been shut down for the time being. | |
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