A bus carrying high school students struck a highway overpass on Long Island in New York on Sunday, injuring more than 40 people, police said.The charter bus was traveling eastbound on the Southern State Parkway in Lakeview on Sunday evening when it slammed into the overpass, police said. 42 people were injured, two seriously, after a bus accident on the Southern State Parkway on Long Island in New York.The top of the bus was sheared off after hitting an overpass near Exit 19 in Lakeview on Sunday just after 9 p.m.In addition to the two seriously injured, five others are said to have moderate injuries. The top of the bus was sheared off by the impact of the crash.Commercial vehicles such as this bus are not allowed on New York State parkways because the bridges are so low in certain areas.New York State Police Maj. David Candelaria described multiple of the injuries as serious, adding that some of the passengers had to be extricated. Forty-two people were injured in the crash, according to New York State Police Maj. David Candelaria, who described multiple of the injuries as serious. It was not clear which schools they were affiliated with.The bus was operated New Jersey-based Journey Bus Lines, which did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.Police told ABC's New York station WABC that the driver is not from the area and was not aware of the parkway system.
A school charter bus traveling illegally on a parkway on Long Island, New York, collides with a bridge. Dozens of students are injured.