NBC4- A school bus with dozens of children on board has overturned on the New Jersey Turnpike near the Goethals Bridge. Chopper 4 over the scene in Elizabeth shows a tipped-over bus by the on-ramp to the bridge going toward Staten Island. The area is a heavy merge point for vehicles,
including trucks and buses. Officials say 40 people were on board the bus; six had minor injuries.
The bus was carrying students from Yeshiva Mevakshei Hashem in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn; there were about a half-dozen other buses lined up behind the overturned one.
No other vehicles appeared to be involved in the crash.
There was a heavy emergency response at the scene, with multiple ambulances and fire trucks stopped on the highway. The response is backing up traffic at least a mile.
An emergency exit door was flipped open on the top-facing side of the bus, Chopper 4 shows.
The recent deadly school bus crash on a New Jersey highway has spurred new scrutiny on school bus safety and driver backgrounds in the area.
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