Crime & Safety
Car Rear-Ends School Bus With Child On Board In Melville
BREAKING: The driver of the car was hospitalized following the Friday morning crash, fire officials say.
A mini-school bus with a child passenger was rear-ended by a car Friday morning in Melville.
According to fire officials, the crash occurred on Wolf Hill Road and New York Avenue at 8:40 a.m. The driver of the car suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Huntington Hospital by the Melville Rescue Squad.
The bus driver and the child were not injured, fire officials say.
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About 20 Melville firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the crash with an ambulance, two heavy rescue trucks, fire police and a paramedic responder. Units were under the direction of Captain Tom Niemczyk.
Photo Courtesy Melville Fire Department
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