2018 New Jersey bus crash

On May 17, 2018, a dump truck slammed into a school bus carrying teachers and students from East Brook Middle School in Paramus, New Jersey to Waterloo Village, New Jersey, which was making an illegal U-turn from Interstate 80 eastbound to westbound, in the town of Mount Olive. The driver missed the exit to Waterloo Village and attempted to illegally turn onto I-80 westbound to turn back to the exit when the dump truck slammed into the school bus. One student and one teacher were killed and 42 others were injured in the crash.^[4] All of those injured were sent directly to different hospitals for treatment.^{[citation needed]}

2018 New Jersey bus crash
Location of Mount Olive in Morris County, New Jersey
Details
Date	May 17, 2018 10:18 am EST
Location	I-80 westbound in Mount Olive, New Jersey past exit 25 for US 206
Coordinates	40.9074996°N 74.7269121°W / 40.9074996; -74.7269121 (2018 New Jersey Bus Crash)
Country	United States
Operator	Paramus Public Schools
Cause	Driver error; illegal U-turn
Statistics
Bus	1
Vehicles	2
Passengers	44
Deaths	2 (1 student, 1 teacher)
Injured	42 (approximate)
References: [1][2][3]

The bus driver, Hudy Muldrow Sr., pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular manslaughter, 25 counts of assault by auto, and endangering the welfare of children.^[5] He also had a past history of 14^[6] auto license suspensions since 1975. In response to the incident, governor Phil Murphy and several state senators signed two laws into effect in New Jersey ensuring safer school bus transportation and stricter punishments for suspended licenses, and representative Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) lobbied in Congress for similar laws on the federal level.^[7]