SCHOOL BUS CRASH REPORTS 2007

School Bus, Car crash in Voorhees
February 22, 2007

Two students were taken to a hospital for evaluation after a car struck a school bus Wednesday near a Voorhees elementary school, officials said.

The accident was reported about 3:40 p.m. at the intersection of Signal Hill Drive and Route 73, near Signal Hill Elementary School, Voorhees Deputy Police Chief Jack Prettyman said.

The bus was stopped at a traffic light when it was struck from behind, said Irene Afek, the district's public information officer.

Randy Cruz, of the 200 block of Curtis Avenue in Pennsauken, was driving a 1994 four-door Volvo when her foot slipped off the brake pedal, Prettyman said.

Twenty-three students were on the bus at the time.

Initial police reports said no one was injured.

Police later said two students were taken to Virtua West Hospital in Voorhees for evaluation. One student complained of wrist pain, another had back pain, Prettyman said.

Both were evaluated and released, Afek said.

Cruz and the driver of the bus, Rhonda Ravoni of Clementon, were not injured, police said.

The accident remains under investigation, Prettyman said.
 

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