School bus carrying children crashes into dump truck in New Jersey

  • The crash happened on I-80 near Mount Olive in New Jersey at 10.22am 
  • There are multiple injuries and several ambulances are on their way to the scene
  • Photographs show students sitting beside the wrecked bus on the rainy highway
  • The bus appears to have smashed through the metal barrier on the side of the road 

A school bus with dozens of children on board has collided with a dump truck in New Jersey. 

The incident happened at around 10.22am on I-80 Thursday morning near Mount Olive. 

There are multiple injuries but the extent of them is not known. 

Photographs from the crash show children sitting by the side of the road, hugging one another after escaping from the wreckage. 

Multiple ambulances were sent to the scene. It remains unclear how the crash came about.  

Photographs from the crash show children sitting by the side of the road, hugging one another after escaping from the wreckage

A view from an overpass shows the bus crashed through the barrier on the side of the highway and flipped on to its side 

A view from an overpass shows the bus crashed through the barrier on the side of the highway and flipped on to its side 

 

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