We've seen it here in Montclair, and we believe you deserve better. We've seen what happens when news operations cut back or shut down. That gives our newsroom, your newsroom, security to operate well into 2022 while we continue to work toward long-term sustainability. SAVE MONTCLAIR LOCAL: We're overjoyed to report we've hit our fundraising goal of $230,000 this quarter for Montclair Local Nonprofit News! Montclair has stepped up to say local news matters, and we're hugely grateful. Neighbors described residents helping students off the bus and taking care of them as they awaited help from first-responders. The bus, operated by a 54-year-old driver from Haledon, mounted the western curb and struck a utility pole and a fire hydrant before coming to rest, Turner said.Īll of the students were assisted off the bus safely, and each was evaluated by EMS, Turner said. Police received a report of the crash at 9:06 a.m., he said. There are stop signs on Wildwood Avenue at the intersection, and none on Park Street. The school bus had been en route to Hillside Elementary School, traveling on Park Street, when a 2008 Toyota Rav 4 on Wildwood Avenue drove into the intersection with Park Street, Police Sgt.

No students were hurt, though four adults were taken to area hospitals. (KATE ALBRIGHT / FOR MONTCLAIR LOCAL)įriday morning’s school bus crash happened after an 85-year-old driver from Belleville drove into an intersection, striking the bus with 15 students and an aide on board, police said. Broken glass is seen on two of the window pains of a Montclair school bus after it was involved in a crash Oct.

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