New Jersey – At least 13 people were injured Monday evening when a school bus overturned on the Garden State Parkway in Montvale, according to Montvale Mayor Mike Ghassali.
The bus overturned around 7:30 p.m. on the northbound side of the highway, just south of Exit 172.
Gov. Phil Murphy confirmed the crash on X, stating, “I’ve been briefed on a crash on the Garden State Parkway earlier tonight near the James Gandolfini Service Area involving an overturned school bus from Lakewood.”
Murphy said the New Jersey State Police and the New Jersey Department of Transportation are investigating.
Ghassali said there were no fatalities but confirmed that 13 of the 31 passengers were taken to local hospitals. The bus was headed to New York.
Mathew Alvarez joined Rockland Daily News as a reporter in March 2020, but he’s no stranger to Rockland County. He grew up in New City and graduated from Ball State’s College of Communication, Information, and Media.
