Crime & Safety

School Bus Crash In Rockland Injures 3

Police said the investigation is ongoing.

RAMAPO, NY — A school bus was involved in a crash Wednesday morning in the Town of Haverstraw, injuring three people. The state police said, around 7:20 a.m. Wednesday, a 2016 school bus was going northeast making a left turn onto Quaker Road off the Exit 13 ramp.

A 2008 Toyota Prius was traveling southwest off the ramp.

Police said the school bus driver didn't see the Prius and was struck by the car, causing heavy front-end damage to both vehicles.

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The bus driver, Chiacheng Wu, 66, of Bardonia, and the aide on the bus, Nedje Pierre-Louis, 31, of Spring Valley, both received minor injuries and were taken to Nyack Hospital.

Police said there were five children on the bus, and they were not injured.

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Stephanie Musial, 37, of Beacon, the driver of the Prius, sustained a compound fracture to her left arm and a broken left leg, and had chest and neck pain.

She was bleeding heavily from the fracture, and a state police sergeant applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.

Musial was taken to Westchester Medical Center in serious but stable condition.

Police said the investigation is ongoing.

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