Man Critically Hurt In School Bus Collision: Police

Merrick NY

29 March, 2022

1:06 PM

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MERRICK, NY — A man is in critical condition from a collision with a school bus in Merrick on Monday afternoon. The bus had no children on board when it collided with a Ford F150 pickup truck on Merrick Avenue, police said. The crash caused the school to jump the sidewalk and hit a 70-year-old pedestrian, who was severely injured and taken to a hospital. The bus would come to rest in Merrick Park Cleaners and Tailors, which has since been boarded up by the Town of Hempstead Building Department. The 63-year-old bus driver and the 61-year-old truck driver were transported to a hospital for minor injuries and released, police said. Police say no criminality is suspected, but an investigation continues. Both vehicles were inspected by the police's motor carrier unit.