A fifth grader and a teacher from a middle school in Paramus were killed Thursday morning in a horrific crash between a school bus and dump truck on Route 80.
The school bus was carrying 38 students and seven adults, including the driver, from East Brook Middle School for a field trip to Waterloo Village.
Forty-three of them were injured and taken to local hospitals, including 21 to Morristown Medical Center, which is a Level 1 trauma center. Several remain critical and are undergoing surgery, Gov. Phil Murphy said during an afternoon press conference.
"This is a shaken community," the governor said. "Everyone is trying to make sense of this."
Aerial footage showed the seating area of the bus, which was carrying students from East Brook Middle School in Paramus to Waterloo Village, torn from its chassis, and on its side in the center median.