Unlicensed Teen Drove Car In Head-On Crash With School Bus: Police

NEW CASTLE, NY — An unlicensed 16-year-old was driving a sedan involved in a head-on crash with a school bus in Westchester County, officials said.

On Wednesday, just before 2:15 p.m., New Castle police arrived at Lake Road, in response to the head-on crash involving, what we now know is, a Yorktown Central School District bus and a 2016 Honda Accord with four people inside.

An unlicensed teen driver from Bedford Hills was behind the wheel of the Honda Accord, police said. He and three passengers were traveling southbound on Lake Road when the vehicle lost control while rounding a curve, crossed into oncoming traffic and struck the bus head-on, according to investigators' initial findings.

All four in the Honda Accord were taken to Westchester Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. All the school bus passengers were taken to Westchester Medical Center as well with non-life-threatening injuries.

Lake Road, near the Mount Kisco border, remained closed for several hours as first responders extinguished flames, worked to extract the victims from the Honda and treated the injured, and while police began to investigate the crash.

The New Castle Police Department was assisted at the scene by the Town of Yorktown Police Department, the Westchester County Department of Public Safety, the Mount Kisco Fire Department, Mount Kisco EMS, Westchester EMS, Yorktown Volunteer Ambulance, and AMR Ambulance.

New Castle police said the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office is assisting with the investigation.

According to a report from Martin Wilbur of The Examiner News, the four students in the Honda attend Fox Lane High School.

"Our district’s crisis team has been mobilized and we are working to support the FLHS and BCSD community through this difficult time," Bedford Superintendent of Schools Robert Glass told the newspaper in a statement.

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