WARETOWN, NJ — Tuesday’s school bus crash on the Garden State Parkway that injured five was caused by a collision between the bus and a Lexus, New Jersey State Police said.
It was shortly after 3 p.m. when the two vehicles crashed heading south at milepost 69.1 in Waretown, Det. Jeffrey Lebron told Patch.
“The Lexus ran off the road right and up an embankment and the school bus overturned in the left lane,” Lebron said.
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The bus driver, a school aide and three students sustained minor injuries and were taken to an area hospital for evaluation, he said. There were no other reported injuries.
Patch learned that the bus was driving three students from the Southern Regional School District who attend the Rugby School at Woodfield in Neptune City, a special education school.
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Police are still investigating the crash, Lebron said, and no further information will be released at this time.
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