14 Kids Injured After School Bus Collides With Truck In Burlington Co.: Police

MEDFORD, NJ — Fourteen students reported injuries, including 11 brought to local hospitals, after their school bus and a utility bucket truck collided Tuesday afternoon in Medford, police said.

Ten students were taken to Virtua Mount Holly Hospital for complaints of pain and other non-life-threatening injuries. An ambulance also transported one victim to Cooper University Hospital in Camden as a precaution for head and rib pain, while three injured students were released to their parents at the crash scene, police said.

Authorities responded to the crash at 2:53 p.m. at the intersection of Skeet and Hawkin Roads. The bus had picked up students from the Burlington County Institute of Technology's Medford Campus at the end of the school day, said Medford Police Lt. James D'Averso.

According to the on-scene investigation, the bus driver attempted to turn left from Hawkin Road onto Skeet Road. The truck was traveling south on Skeet Road when both vehicles crashed in the intersection, police said.

Both drivers were evaluated on-scene, but they refused medical treatment and didn't report injuries.

The crash remains under investigation, with motor-vehicle summonses pending.

The Burlington County Institute of Technology is a public vocational district that serves high school students.