Aldwin Bobb, 76, electrocuted to death in Life Church, a Lower Nazareth Township, PA church where he was doing electrical work

Lower Nazareth Township , PA
 
A 76-year-old Plainfield Township man was found dead Tuesday afternoon in a Lower Nazareth Township church where he was doing electrical work, authorities said.

Aldwin Bobb, 76, of Sandt Road was working in the attic crawl space of Life Church on 4609 Newburg Road before he was found unresponsive at 1 p.m., Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek said.

Emergency personnel were dispatched to the church on a report of a possible electrocution, and Bobb later was pronounced dead on the scene. The cause of death has not been determined.

Lysek said the coroner’s office, Colonial Regional police and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the death.



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By Nick Falsone

nfalsone@lehighvalleylive.com,

For lehighvalleylive.com

The man found dead Tuesday afternoon in a Lower Nazareth Township church was a 76-year-old Slate Belt resident, the Northampton County coroner said Tuesday night.

Aldwin Bobb, of Sandt Road in Plainfield Township, was pronounced dead at the scene; the cause and manner of his death remain under investigation, Coroner Zachary Lysek said Tuesday night.

Lysek said authorities responded about 1 p.m. Tuesday to a report of an unresponsive male at Life Church Nazareth at 4609 Newburg Road.

Bobb had been doing electrical work in an attic crawl space in the church, according to the coroner.

Life Church Nazareth Pastor Jon Schwartz earlier Tuesday said emergency personnel were responding to an accident, and he would not be commenting.

Eric Brockbank, 54, died due to careless use of smoking materials that ignited his bed in Emmett, Idaho

Smoking in bed caused fatal Emmett, Idaho fire


By Katy Moeller

kmoeller@idahostatesman.com


May 16, 2018


An Emmett man lost his life last week due to smoking materials that ignited his bed, the Idaho state fire marshal said Wednesday.

Eric Brockbank, 54, was killed in the May 10 house fire. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. May 16 at the Bramwell Cemetery near Emmett, according to his obituary. Potter Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements.

State Fire Marshal Knute Sandahl said in a press release Wednesday that investigators from his office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives determined that "careless use of smoking materials" caused the fire.

"Evidence indicates that Mr. Brockbank fell asleep in bed while smoking, only to be awakened by the fire. Because of his diminished mobility, Mr. Brockbank was unable to escape the fire and was killed," the release says.

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Fire Marshal Knute Sandahl has announced that the cause of a fire that took the life of Emmett resident Eric Brockbank has been determined. Sandahl said investigators from his office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) determined that careless use of smoking materials caused the fire that took Brockbank’s life. Evidence indicates that Mr. Brockbank fell asleep in bed while smoking, only to be awakened by the fire. Because of his diminished mobility, Mr. Brockbank was unable to escape the fire and was killed. https://doi.idaho.gov/DisplayPDF?Id=5029
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Man who died in Emmett house fire identified
The Associated Press

 May 12, 2018 09:53 AM
BOISE, Idaho



Emmett officials have identified the man who died in a house fire.

KBOI-TV reports that the man was identified as Eric Brockbank.

Emmett City Fire Chief Curt Christensen says crews responded to the Thursday house fire within minutes, but were not able to reach the person who lived at the residence.

A dog was also inside the house at the time of the fire. It was given CPR and is recovering.



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Emmett, ID


Emmett City Fire responded to the fire on the 900 block of E. Main Street after a neighbor called firefighters around 2:00 this afternoon.

Emmett City Fire Chief Curt Christensen said firefighters responded within minutes, but the back side of the home was in flames when they arrived and they were not able to rescue the person living in the home.


When firefighters got inside, they said they found the elderly man dead inside his bedroom. According to Emmett City Fire, that's where the fire started.

The Fire Marshall was called out here to investigate the cause.

"Due to the nature of this call, and that there was a fatality. We want to have his office come over so he brought himself and he brought over three other investigators to help us with just to make sure it was handled appropriately," said Curtis Christensen, the Emmett Fire Chief.


Curtis said the fire was started by some type of smoking device. A dog was also inside the house at the time. Firefighters were able to give it CPR and it looks like it is going to be OK.

The fire chief said the man lived alone, and does not appear to have any family in the area.

Right now they're working to track down family.

The name of the deceased will be released after next of kin is notified. The fire remains under investigation.

Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/latest-news/article211265254.html#storylink=cpy

TDOT contractor Christopher Aaron Harden, 21, killed when a southbound semitractor-trailer owned by Double Dee Trucking loaded with coal overturned in the Highway 111 resurfacing work area near the Hamilton-Sequatchie county line.

21-year-old contract worker killed when truck overturns in Soddy-Daisy highway work zone.  The truck was going too fast for the load it was carrying and failed to negotiate the curve, overturning and killing the unlucky worker.

by Ben Benton in Breaking News Read Time: < 1 min.


Thursday, May 17, 2018.

Tennessee Highway Patrol officials say an employee working for a contractor at a state project on State Route 111 was killed Thursday morning when a southbound semitractor-trailer loaded with coal overturned in a work area near the Hamilton-Sequatchie county line.

The big rig flipped onto its side, hitting Christopher Harden, 21, of Rossville, Georgia, who was standing in the construction zone, THP spokesman Sgt. Alan Bailey said Thursday via email.

The tractor-trailer was driven by 33-year-old Jason Canada, of Albany, Kentucky. Canada was taken to Erlanger hospital by ambulance, Bailey said.

The truck is owned by Double Dee Trucking out of Albany, he said.

The deadly crash closed the southbound lanes, forcing traffic to be routed onto Lewis Chapel Road while the accident was investigated and the crash scene cleared, Tennessee Department of Transportation spokeswoman Jennifer Flynn said.

Flynn confirmed that the victim was not a TDOT employee but was working for a contractor operating on a TDOT project. She was unable to immediately provide the name of the company.

According to TDOT records, the resurfacing project on Highway 111's southbound side extends from U.S. Highway 27 to Jones Gap Road.

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 The truck was going too fast for the load it was carrying and failed to negotiate the curve, overturning and killing the unlucky worker.

UPDATE: TDOT contract worker fatally struck by semi identified; Hwy 111 reopens

Thursday morning, a semi driver hit and killed a contract worker, Christopher Aaron Harden, as he was standing outside of a work vehicle.

Thursday, May 17th 2018, 10:49 am EDT by WRCB Staff & Ken Nicholson

Updated:

Thursday, May 17th 2018, 7:05 pm EDT

UPDATE: A deadly crash in a construction zone on Highway 111 is still under investigation.

Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Alan Bailey said the 33-year-old truck driver lost control of his tractor-trailer when he was coming down the mountain. He hit and killed a contract worker, Christopher Aaron Harden, as he was standing outside of a work vehicle. 

About 50,000 pounds of coal covered Highway 111 at the foot of Flat Top Mountain.

"It was one lane coming down the mountain, it was coned off. It was forcing drivers over to the left hand lane," said Sgt. Bailey. 

Investigators said the driver, who is expected to survive his injuries, works for a trucking company based out of Kentucky. 

Sgt. Bailey said the truck driver did not violate the state's Move Over Law because the road was narrowed to one lane for construction, but said other charges could be filed.

"It is more of a violation of speeding in a construction area or driving recklessly in a construction zone," Sgt. Bailey said. "Whatever the case is." 

The stretch of highway is marked with construction cones and markings. Investigators said the truck driver had plenty of warning sings to slow down. 

Stay with the WRCB app for updates to this story.

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PREVIOUS UPDATE: All lanes of Highway 111 have temporarily reopened Thursday afternoon, after they were closed due to a semi hitting a worker contracted by TDOT.

The crash happened around 10:15 a.m. on the on-ramp near the Hamilton/Sequatchie County line.

The southbound lanes were closed due to a tractor trailer hitting and killing a contract worker for TDOT. After hitting the worker, the truck rolled over, spilling coal onto the road near a construction zone.

TDOT spokeswoman Jennifer Flynn says crews will have to close one lane again once traffic has gotten through the area, so cleanup of the coal that was spilled during the crash can continue.

Flynn says the Back Valley Road exit remains closed.

The condition of the semi driver has not been released.

Stay with the WRCB app for updates to this story.

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PREVIOUS UPDATE: A contract worker for the Tennessee Department of Transportation was fatally struck by a semi truck carrying coal Thursday morning, Commissioner Rick Nunley tells Channel 3.

The truck then rolled over onto its side, spilling coal onto the roadway near the construction zone.

There's no word on injuries to the driver of the truck.

The TN State Road 111 repaving project is underway nearby.

TDOT is diverting traffic to Lewis Chapel Road.

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PREVIOUS STORY: A tanker truck carrying coal overturned Thursday morning near Soddy-Daisy.

The accident happened about 10:15am on a Highway 111 on-ramp near the Hamilton/Sequatchie County line.

Hazmat crews have been dispatched to the site to determine the nature of the crash and any possible leaks from the truck's fuel tank.

The southbound, right-hand lane is blocked because of the crash.

Drivers in the area should use caution and watch for emergency vehicles as they work to clear the crash.

The truck was going too fast for the load it was carrying and failed to negotiate the curve, overturning and killing the unlucky worker.

51-year-old Bill Pipes, an employee of Victory Tree Service, killed by a flying piece of metal from a wood chipper that was being serviced by another employee in Richfield, MN

Tree worker killed in on-the-job incident in Richfield, MN
Associated Press
May 17, 2018

RICHFIELD, Minn. — 

A landscaping company employee is dead after an on-the-job incident in Richfield.

Authorities say the 51-year-old worker was killed Wednesday by a flying piece of metal from a wood chipper. It happened while another employee with Victory Tree Service was working on the clogged machine.

The worker who died was identified by family as 51-year-old Bill Pipes, a father of six children.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.

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A 51-year-old man died Wednesday when a metal piece from a wood chipper broke off and hit him, according to multiple reports. 

Family members confirmed to reporters on the scene at James Avenue South and West 70th Street, in Richfield, that the man who died is father-of-six Bill Pipes. 

KSTP reports that something got struck in the wood chipper and while Pipes was attempting to dislodge it, a metal piece flew off and hit him.

A co-worker than tried to provide medical assistance while neighbors called 911.
The metal piece is believed to have hit Pipes in the back of the head, according to FOX 9.
A woman identifying herself as Pipes' sister on Facebook said she is heartbroken and that her brother "didn't deserve to leave his children and grandchildren this way."

As the incident is classed as a workplace death, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.

This story will be updated as more details become available.

Wood chipper dangers

OSHA has previously identified wood chippers as one of the most dangerous machines used in the tree service injuries.

Since 2011, there has been a six-fold increase in the number of amputations related to their use.

From 1996 through 2005, 39 workers died in wood chipper accidents, of which 78 percent saw workers caught in the chipper, and most of the rest happened because of "struck-by" accidents.
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November 14, 2016 BOS-2016-174

OSHA: Training could have prevented tree service worker's death
Albany-based Countryside Tree Service cited for willful, serious safety violations

ALBANY, N.Y. - A wood chipper and an Upstate New York employer's failure to provide safety training combined to make a 23-year-old worker's first day on the job his tragic last, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

The worker - Justus Booze - died on May 4, 2016, after a wood chipper pulled him into the machine as he worked for Countryside Tree Service at a job site in Guilderland. OSHA inspectors determined that his employer, Tony Watson - who does business as Countryside - exposed Booze and other coworkers to the danger of being caught in the machine's rotating parts and failed to train them in the safe operation of wood chippers. The agency also found the employer did not ensure workers used safe operating procedures when feeding materials into the chipper, exposing them to deadly hazards.

"A young man's life ended tragically and needlessly," said Robert Garvey, OSHA's Albany area director. "Countryside Tree Service bears responsibility to ensure that all phases of tree trimming, tree felling and tree removal work is performed safely. Putting employees to work with potentially dangerous machines with no safety training is unacceptable. Tree service companies must train workers - climbers, trimmers and ground crew - properly. These workers must also be instructed in safe work practices and use of equipment including chain saws, cutters and especially hand-fed wood chippers that cut and grind branches and logs into pulp."

OSHA cited the Albany-based Countryside for a willful violation for the lack of training, which resulted in untrained employees using unsafe practices to feed the wood chipper. It also cited the company for three serious violations for:

• Exposing employees to laceration and amputation hazards while operating chain saws during tree removal at three separate locations. Employees did not wear leg protection while trimming branches.
• Failing to train each employee to use personal protective equipment.
• Exposing employees to eye hazards during tree removal including wood dust, flying wood pieces, and being struck by branches during tree trimming and feeding wood into a chipper.
• Failing to ensure employees wear a protective helmet when working in areas where the potential exists for head injuries from falling objects.

The proposed fines for these violations total $141,811. The citations can be viewed here.
Wood chippers are one of the most dangerous machines used in the tree service industry. Since 2011, industry workers have suffered a six-fold increase nationally in the number of amputations - from 0.5 per 10,000 workers to 3.3 per 10,000 workers. Since 2015, OSHA has received 19 severe injury reports related to wood chippers with injuries including amputations and head trauma. Of those, five occurred because the chipper pulled fingers or arms directly into the blades, and four occurred when a machine's belt or pulley caught a body part and pulled it in. The last available report on wood chipper safety shows - from 1996 through 2005 - 39 workers died in wood chipper incidents. Of those fatalities, 78 percent saw workers caught in the chipper and most of the remainder resulted from "struck-by" accidents.

OSHA recommends employers protect workers from being caught by the chipper feed mechanism by doing the following:

• Test and verify all safety devices and controls, such as emergency shut-off before using the chipper.
• Train workers in safe work procedures, including operating wood chipper safety devices and safety controls in their native language. Use the manufacturer's recommendations for each machine to explain the procedures.
• Keep at least two workers in close contact with one another when operating a chipper.
• Ensure workers wear close-fitting, tucked-in clothing; gloves and trousers without cuffs; and skid-resistant work shoes.
• Ensure that workers keep hands and feet outside the chipper's infeed hopper.
• Instruct workers to feed the wide-end of brush and limbs into the infeed hopper first.
• Position workers feeding material at the side of the machine for quick access to the emergency shut-off device and to reduce greatly the risk of branching entangling workers. Consult the manufacturer's operating manual for guidance on safe feeding as some disc-type chippers requires the worker to be on the machine's right side.
• Ensure that workers walk away once the feed mechanism has grabbed the material.
• Instruct workers to lay short material on top of longer material that is feeding or use a longer branch to push it through the infeed hopper.
• Have workers put small, raked-up material such as twigs and leaves directly into the chip truck or in trash cans or bags instead of feeding it into the chipper.
• Keep the work area around the wood chipper free of tripping hazards.
• Ensure workers wear hard hats, eye protection and hearing protection.

To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report amputations, eye loss, workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Albany office at 518-464-4338.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA's role is to ensure these conditions for America's working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.

A worker working at the Kinkaku Japanese Steakhouse construction site on the parkway in Pigeon Forge, TN died after he was struck by a falling restaurant sign.

Police identify Pigeon Forge construction worker killed by falling sign

USA Today Network Tennessee 

 May 18, 2018

Authorities have released the identity of a construction worker who was struck by a falling sign in Pigeon Forge, TN.

Ancelmo Velazquez Rivera, 48, of Morristown, died Thursday.

The Pigeon Forge Police Department is investigating the incident and has notified the Tennessee Occupational Safety Administration, according to a PFPD news release Thursday.

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PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WATE) -



A man working at a construction site on the parkway in Pigeon Forge on Thursday died after he was struck by a falling sign.

Crews were working on Kinkaku Japanese Steakhouse at 3152 Parkway when the incident occurred. The man was rushed to the hospital after the incident. His identity is not being released until his family is notified.


The man said he leaves behind three children under the age of 10. She said he had been in the construction business for "quite some time."

The Pigeon Forge Police Department is investigating the incident and the Tennessee Occupational Safety Administration was notified. TOSHA said they have an investigator on the way to the scene to determine what happened.



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Falling sign kills construction worker in Pigeon Forge, police say
The identity of the man will not be released until it's confirmed and his family has been notified.






Author: WBIR

May 17, 2018

A construction worker died Thursday after a sign struck him while he was working on a site in Pigeon Forge, according to Pigeon Forge Police.

The police department said it's investigating the incident and the Tennessee Occupational Safety Administration has been notified.

Authorities on scene told Channel 10 that it happened in the plaza that includes Papa John's, Chocolate Monkey, Four Sisters Old Time Photo, Shoneys, and Kinkaku Japanese Steak House on the 3100 block of the Parkway.




WBIR

The sign investigators say fell was for Kinkaku Japanese Steak House.

The identity of the man will not be released until it's confirmed and his family has been notified.

Police are not able to release any more information at this time.

A school child and a teacher were killed and 44 injured when a school bus carrying fifth graders on a field trip tried to make an illegal U-turn and collided with a dump truck on I-80 in New Jersey

the school bus missed an exit and was trying to take an illegal U-turn when the collision occurred.

 
Thursday, May 17, 2018 11:24PM
MOUNT OLIVE TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (WABC) -- A child and a teacher were killed and 44 injured when a school bus carrying fifth graders on a field trip collided with a dump truck in New Jersey Thursday morning.

The crash happened just before 10:30 a.m. on I-80 West in Mount Olive Township, with the bus ending up on its side in the grass median with the front end completely torn off.

Photos from the scene:









The identities of the victims were not immediately released, but authorities say one was a child and the other a teacher.

"Our hearts are broken by today's tragedy," New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said.

The bus was carrying 38 students from East Brook Middle School in Paramus and seven adults, including the driver. It was headed to Waterloo Village as part of a field trip.

The crash left the bus lying on its side on the guardrail, its undercarriage and front end sheared off and its steering wheel exposed. Some of the victims crawled out of the emergency exit in the back of the bus and an escape hatch on the roof.

Cleanup crews moved the wreckage of the bus Thursday night and I-80 was reopened in the area. Investigators searched for clues and focused on the rear of the bus, the point of impact.

State Police are investigating whether the school bus driver got separated from two other buses, missed his exit, then made an illegal U-turn moments before the bus was rear-ended by the dump truck.


"I heard a scraping sound and we toppled over the highway," said student Theo Ancevski, who was sitting in the fourth row of the bus and was treated at a hospital for cuts and scrapes. "A lot of people were screaming and hanging from their seat belts."


Around a dozen people remain hospitalized, at least one in critical condition.

"Our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to them as they recover," Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco said. "This community has been strong, will continue to be strong, come together and support the entire education community."

Two other buses not involved in the accident returned to the school, and students were dismissed early. Tedesco said school will be open Friday, and grief counselors will be on hand to assist the students and staff.

A red dump truck with a mangled front end was parked along the highway nearby. The truck was registered to Mendez Trucking, of Belleville, and had "In God We Trust" emblazoned on the back of it.

Mendez Trucking has about 40 drivers and trucks, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Its trucks have been in seven crashes in the last two years, none of them fatal, according to FMCSA.

The company was fined $22,850 in 2016 for violating regulations on inspections, repairs and maintenance and post-crash drug and alcohol testing, according to the FMCSA.

Mendez trucks have racked up more than 130 violations in the last two years, according to FMCSA, including 27 for excessive weight, 17 for leaking, spilling or falling cargo and four speeding violations - three of them this year.

The company also has a higher than average vehicle out-of-service rate, which means inspections found violations which had to be corrected before the vehicle could be returned to service. Mendez's rate was 37.9 percent, according to FMCSA. The national average is 20.7.

Officials say the students were wearing seat belts. Both drivers are cooperating with police.

The Paramus Police Department has set up a hotline. Additional information regarding the bus accident can be obtained by calling 888-407-9628. This line will be updated as needed.

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Sources tell CBS2 the school bus missed an exit and was trying to take an illegal U-turn when the collision occurred. The bus was carrying a group of fifth graders from East Brook Middle School in Paramus.

The body of the bus was ripped from its chassis, which sprawled across the interstate, while the rest of the vehicle sat on the median.

Gov. Phil Murphy said there were 38 students and seven adults on the bus.

A student and teacher were killed, and 43 other people on the bus were hospitalized. The dump truck driver was also hurt, for a total of 44 injured. One child was in a medically induced coma late Thursday night.

Sources have identified the deceased teacher as 51-year-old Jennifer Williamson.

“Some patients are in critical condition and currently undergoing surgery, so please keep everybody in your prayers,” Murphy said.

“You can imagine, this is a shaken community,” he continued. “Everyone’s trying to make sense of this.”


(credit: Facebook/Gary Kwitko)

“Tough day here in Paramus. Sixty five years I lived in this town, and it’s difficult to stand here today to talk about our education community suffering so deeply,” said Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco.

“Make sure that when you leave here today, for those of you that have loved ones, you go home and you say how much you love them and give them a kiss, because there are people that, tonight, are struggling to be able to do that, and in some cases not able to,” he added.


Mount Olive Mayor Robert Greenbaum said the first word he got about the crash included “entrapment and possible ejections.”

“I have never seen anything like that. I can only describe it as horrific,” Greenbaum said.


A school bus was involved in a serious accident in Mount Olive on May 17, 2018. (credit: CBS2)

“It doesn’t take long to look at this accident scene to understand how horrific it was and how serious the injuries could be,” he continued. “Basically the bus was sheared apart from the top part of the bus from the drive train of the bus which remains on Route 80, with the top part of the bus kinda pitched at 45 degree angle in the median.”

“As somebody who has been a first responder for over 40 years, these are not the types of incidents you want to have to respond to,” said Tedesco.

The backpacks and the belongings of the students and the chaperones were strewn all over the highway, CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reported. The wreck occurred about a mile from the trip’s destination at Waterloo Village.

The bus was one of three on the field trip. The other two buses were not involved in the crash and returned safely to the school for students to be reunited with their families.

All New Jersey school buses are required to be equipped with seatbelts.

“A lot of people were screaming and they were hanging from their seatbelts,” 11-year-old Theo Ancevski said.

“I was sitting in the front, in the fourth row closest to the front, and then I heard a scraping sound and we toppled over the highway,” Ancevski said. “So then a few people got out of the windows and they got out of the emergency exit on the top, on the roof.”

“I am stressed. When we heard about this – I work in the city, so it was like a nightmare to get here at first. We’re thankful to God that everything is OK,” Theo’s father Pavle Ancevski said. “I hope the other kids are OK because we have no information about them. A couple of them kids we saw upstairs, they were good.”


Emotional parents rushed to area hospitals including Morristown Medical Center to check on their children.

“My granddaughter. She have a broken arm and a scratch on her leg,” distraught grandparent Beatrice Martinez told CBS2’s Scott Rapoport.

“How do I feel? I got my kids, that’s all that matters,” one parent told Carlin.


School was dismissed early Thursday, as parents were reunited with their children.

“We would like to thank the Paramus Community for their support during this very difficult time. Our hearts go out to the families of our students, staff and community members. We also thank the first responders who did a tremendous job,” the school district said in a statement Thursday night.

Schools will be open Friday, with crisis counselors on hand to help students and staff, Tedesco said. Evening activities were canceled Thursday and Friday.

Field trips have been canceled for the remainder of the year, officials said.


Paramus Public Schools said family members of those students aboard the bus could contact Paramus Police at (201) 262-3400 for more information. Paramus Police said additional information could be obtained by calling (888) 407-9628.

Holly Tedesco, the police commissioner and council president of Paramus, said it was a “sad situation inside [the school] right now.”

“I can only imagine that there are some very significant injuries and my heart goes out to the Paramus community,” said Greenbaum.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families, the teachers, the counselors, the staff, the extraordinary first responders, who in many cases in the Paramus family were at the scene of this awful accident knowing, in some cases, their kids,” Murphy said.


The dump truck belongs to Mendez Trucking from Belleville. The company told CBS2 the driver is about 30 years old and experienced.

The New Jersey State Department of Health’s disaster team was on the scene to assist with family reunification and counseling.


The NTSB said after gathering preliminary information they will not be investigating the crash.

Traffic was initially shut down on I-80 in both directions near the site of the accident.