Friday, August 11, 2006
Minor injuries for Bobover children in bus crash
None of the 48 Hasidic children on a bus that barreled over a guardrail at the bottom of Ferndale-Loomis Road last evening appeared to be seriously hurt, authorities said.
The bus, on the way to a water park, was carrying kids from Camp Shalva D’Bobov near Monticello Raceway, landed in a ditch along the Middle Mongaup River.
At least 10 of the children were carried away on stretchers. But none appeared to have more than bumps and bruises.
Heavy skid marks were visible on the steep decline toward the intersection with Old Route 17. The bus broke through a fence near the Ferndale Antiques Marketplace before going over the rail.
Ryan Lagattuta, who lives above the store, said the bus was traveling fast, possibly 45 mph.
“It looked like it just totally lost control,” she said. “It just kept going.”
This is the second time in two years that a school bus failed to come to a stop at the bottom of the hill.
On May 23, 2004, excessive speed was the primary cause of a charter-bus crash that injured 54 teenage girls returning from a religious retreat.
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2006/08/11/brf48.htm
None of the 48 Hasidic children on a bus that barreled over a guardrail at the bottom of Ferndale-Loomis Road last evening appeared to be seriously hurt, authorities said.
The bus, on the way to a water park, was carrying kids from Camp Shalva D’Bobov near Monticello Raceway, landed in a ditch along the Middle Mongaup River.
At least 10 of the children were carried away on stretchers. But none appeared to have more than bumps and bruises.
Heavy skid marks were visible on the steep decline toward the intersection with Old Route 17. The bus broke through a fence near the Ferndale Antiques Marketplace before going over the rail.
Ryan Lagattuta, who lives above the store, said the bus was traveling fast, possibly 45 mph.
“It looked like it just totally lost control,” she said. “It just kept going.”
This is the second time in two years that a school bus failed to come to a stop at the bottom of the hill.
On May 23, 2004, excessive speed was the primary cause of a charter-bus crash that injured 54 teenage girls returning from a religious retreat.
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2006/08/11/brf48.htm
Comments:
That's a V-E-R-Y steep hill, maybe buses should not be allowed to go down, but, rather take a longer rte. to bypass it. I remember once, when I was a child going to camp,our couldn't make it up the hill.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by 
: August 11, 2006 12:07 PM
: August 11, 2006 12:07 PM
you would have to close half the roads in the catskills to bus traffic
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : August 12, 2006 10:34 PM
: August 12, 2006 10:34 PM
Re-phrase the story, the Kids were from Camp Kartchin D'Ungar, not camp shalva D'bobov.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : August 13, 2006 12:40 AM
: August 13, 2006 12:40 AM
To anonymous that said "Re-phrase the story, the Kids were from Camp Kartchin D'Ungar, not camp shalva D'bobov." Why dont you just say B"H no one was seriously hut. It is obvious from your tone that you would have been very happy had there been 40 deaths. Shame on You.
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