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8 Injured, Including 5 Students, After Car Hits School Bus in New Jersey: Police

The students, the bus driver and a bus aide were taken to University Hospital, where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries, police said

What to Know

  • Five students were hospitalized after a vehicle hit a school bus in Newark, police said
  • The driver of the vehicle, the school bus driver and a bus aide were also hospitalized, according to police
  • All of the people hospitalized sustained non-life threatening injuries, according to police

Eight people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries — including five students — after a car hit a school bus in Newark, police said.

The vehicle hit the bus, which had five students on board, near Seymour Avenue and West Runyon Street around 3:45 p.m. on Monday, Newark police said.

The students, the bus driver and a bus aide were taken to University Hospital, where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries, according to police.

The driver of the car that hit the bus was also taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said. 

It wasn't immediately clear what injuries were sustained or what caused the crash.

The crash is under investigation, according to police.

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