Crime & Safety
Nassau Bus Crash Leaves More Than A Dozen Children Hurt: Police
UPDATE: Both drivers and 13 children were taken to a local hospital.
EAST MEADOW, NY — More than a dozen children were injured in a school bus that was struck by a pickup truck on Monday afternoon in East Meadow.
It happened as students at Meadowbrook Elementary School were leaving for the day, just after 3:30 p.m. The truck was traveling south on Old Westbury Road when it collided with the bus in the vicinity of Melanie Drive.
The 66-year-old bus driver and 13 of the 41 children were taken to a hospital for minor injuries, police said.
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The 57-year-old pickup truck driver suffered a hip injury and also was brought to a local hospital, where he is listed in stable condition.
Police do not believe any criminality took place.
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