Crime & Safety
Galloway Man Dead After NJ Transit Bus Crash: Police
The driver of the car that crashed into a NJ Transit bus Thursday has died, police said.
ABSECON, NJ — A Galloway man whose car crashed into a NJ Transit bus in Absecon Thursday evening has died, police said.
John Barker, 48, crashed his car into the bus at the intersection of S Shore Road and Ohio Avenue shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday, Absecon police said. He was the only person in the 2006 Mercedes sedan, police said.
Twelve bus passengers and the bus driver were injured in the crash, police said.
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The bus was en route from Atlantic City to Lindenwold when it was struck, a NJ Transit spokesperson previously told Patch.
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Absecon police are still investigating the crash, but speed is believed to be a factor, police said.
Police said that the roadway was closed for five hours Thursday while the crash was investigated.
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