Ivy League Day Campers In Bus Accident In Marlboro Twp.

MARLBORO, NJ — No children were injured, but a bus carrying 13 campers headed to Ivy League Day Camp was involved in a motor vehicle accident Wednesday morning in Marlboro Township. However, one of the drivers and a counselor on the bus were both injured in the crash, Lt. Bryan O'Hare of the Marlboro police department told Patch.

The accident occurred at 8:41 a.m. today at the intersection of Pleasant Valley Road and Rt. 79. The crash shut down Rt. 79, a major thoroughfare, for about 45 minutes, at the height of the morning rush hour. Rt. 79 re-opened at about 9:30 a.m.

The crash happened when a Honda Accord collided with the small yellow school bus taking the campers to Ivy League summer camp, a well-known day camp located in Manalapan. The 13 children on the bus were not injured, and neither was the driver, but the driver of the Honda and a counselor on the bus did receive injuries that were not life-threatening. They were taken to CentraState to be evaluated.

The company transporting the campers is Dapper Bus Company.

The intersection of Pleasant Valley Road and Rt. 79 was described by O'Hare as a "difficult" intersection.

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