PRESS RELEASE

On October 17, 2023, at approximately 9:08 p.m. troopers from the Greenville barracks (Orange County) responded to a report of a collision involving a Minisink Valley School bus and a Hyundai Elantra on Interstate 84 in the area of mile post marker 23.9 in the town of Wallkill.  Shortly after troopers arrived on scene both the car and school bus became fully engulfed in fire. All occupants of both vehicles were safely out of the vehicles and on the shoulder of the roadway.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the Hyundai rear-ended the bus. The bus was carrying students from the school’s volleyball team from a match with Our Lady of the Lourdes School back to Minisink. The cause of the collision is still under investigation. There appears to be no impairment involved.

There were no injuries from the collision no-one required medical attention.