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And in the wake of this crash, school bus safety is getting renewed focus. But as our Walt Kane finds some buses on the road actually fail state safety inspections. He joins us now with more school buses in New Jersey are inspected every six months. I dug into the inspection records for both the company and the bus involved in the accident. And here's what I found. The company is Joy Transport. It's based out of Somerset County. Its buses have an inspection failure rate of around 29% and that is actually very good. The state average is around 70%. I also dug into the bus itself that is bus 1 51. The bus failed its most recent inspection back in May but that was for a problem with the exterior, the hood apparently needing some body work. Notably, I do not see anything in the record showing any brake problems with that bus. If you want to see the safety record of your child's school bus provider, they're all available online. I put the link on news 12 dot com. And do you know something I need to investigate? Call me at 201765 Kane or email Kane in your corner at news 12 dot com. I'm Walt Kane. News 12.

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So approximately uh 806 this morning, we received a 911 call that a bus had gone through a residential area and a house. Um It was determined when my officers that are present here had arrived on the scene to begin their investigation. Of course check for uh any type of injuries. It was a full size school bus and there were 30 Children aboard middle school uh traveling on railway road. Uh It is reported that the driver tried to stop and uh could not stop at the intersection of Zagger on railway road. And it's also reported to me that she did a great job of actually saving the Children on board. She avoid hitting three other houses and ended up careening through the garage of another house at 3 51 taking a couple of fences down before that. Um There were reported two injuries by two of the middle school Children and uh there were minor injuries and an ankle injury and a and a head and knee injury for another juvenile. And uh the driver was ok, but again reported that the brakes failed on the bus. Uh It's amazing that no one else was seriously injured. Uh It's a great day in Edison township. Uh Both dot And New Jersey. Uh New Jersey Commission for motor vehicles will be actually performing a uh a test on the, on the bus and inspecting the bus for its integrity. Would you call this driver a hero? I would, I actually would, I haven't spoken to her myself, but I would say that. Yes. Um there is a video from a ring camera across the street which captured everything and I think she did an outstanding job. They were all middle school Children on their way to John Adams. Nothing, nothing serious, minor injuries. They were transported to JFK hospital. No, because they are jus we won't be releasing any names of the juveniles. Um at some point in the future, we will release the name of the operator of the bus you have who, who, who won't give it to you. Christine, you had to send your phone probably the people there. Ok, perfect. Yeah, have no fear the chief is here. That would be great. We have officer and officer Nappy two months in medicine. All right. Either one of you can step to the mic. Can you describe the scene as you when you drove up? Sure. So when we arrived on the scene, uh we located a school bus parked on the grass right next to one and all the student off the bus at the time was there panic. How, how was everyone, what was the condition of everyone? Were they excited or? Yes. No, she said, um, I mean, it was more of a large scale accident, you know, just based on a school bus with a lot of Children. But, um, I mean, I investigate a lot of crashes in my career so far, so I'd say pretty normal. So talking to the driver from the time she realized her brakes didn't work. What did she do? And how long was that hole? Um, and then entered the garage and then came to a complete stop on the neighbor's um, lawn. It could have been horrible, but I need to keep kids safe. Do you know? You know at all? You good at? Yeah, Christine, you good. Christine Chris, you good. How many kids is that what you wanna know? So it was reported that there were actually 30 Children, 30 middle school Children on, on board of that bus. Yes, 30 kids, 222, minor injuries. Yeah. No, not at all. Thank you, honey. Can you go? Thank you. Ok. Are you good? Are you good with the press conference? Do you have any questions for the chief at all? You, you're on speaker phone again. Awesome, great job guys. Thanks. Hey.

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The bus crashed into a home at the intersection of Ziga and Rahway roads around 8 a.m.

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The bus crashed into a home at the intersection of Ziga and Rahway roads around 8 a.m.

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