Crime & Safety
Student, Aide Rescued From Burning Bergen School Bus: Police
The driver was traveling on Knickerbocker Road when he saw the engine smoking and pulled to the side of the road, police said.
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A quick-thinking school bus driver saved the lives of two people after their bus caught fire Thursday morning.
The bus was traveling north on Knickerbocker Road when he noticed smoke coming from the bus' engine, said Cresskill Police Detective Charles Franke. The driver pulled to the side of the road and he and two occupants, a student and an aide, got out.
A Good Samaritan who pulled over to the side of the road allowed the people to stay in their vehicle, Franke said.
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Police received a call from the Demarest Police Department at 8:50 a.m. and Cresskill police officer and firefighters responded to the scene, Franke said.
Firefighters extinguished the fire within minutes and the severely-damaged bus was towed from the scene, Franke said.
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Photos: The school bus that caught fire on Knickerbocker Road Thursday morning. Cresskill Police Department
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