MOUNT OLIVE, N.J. (AP) — A school bus and dump truck collided on a New Jersey highway Thursday, ripping apart the bus, knocking it on its side and injuring multiple people, according to police. Several injured in "horrific" school bus crash in New Jersey (Reuters/Inform)

MOUNT OLIVE, N.J. — A school bus and dump truck collided on a New Jersey highway Thursday, ripping apart the bus, knocking it on its side and injuring multiple people, according to police. The injured were being treated at hospitals, Paramus Public Schools said on Facebook

Images posted on social media showed the remnants of a yellow school bus on its side in the grassy median strip dividing the east and westbound lanes of busy Interstate 80. It was also sheared off its undercarriage and a piece of the front end of the bus with the steering wheel visible was laying on top of the metal barrier separation the highway from the median. A red dump truck with a mangled front end was parked along the highway nearby, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of New York. Students on two other buses on the field trip returned to the school Thursday morning and were reunited with their parents, said Paramus police Commissioner Holly Tedesco. "There are serious injuries, but as far as how many, I don't have a number," said Alejandro Goez, a trooper with the New Jersey State Police, who are investigating the cause and circumstances of the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates accidents involving buses, was gathering information on the crash, the agency said on Twitter.
A school bus and a dump truck collide on Interstate 80 in Mount Olive Township, New Jersey, U.S., killing two people and injuring 43.