A school bus with children on board tipped over this morning after a crash with an unmarked police car in Upstate New York.
The deputy driving the unmarked car has been ticketed for failing to stop at a stop sign before the accident in the Finger Lakes during the foggy morning commute.
An unmarked Chevrolet Impala owned by the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office collided with a school bus for the Penn Yan Central School District at 7:28 a.m. on Pre-Emption Road at State Route 54 in Benton, according to the Yates County Sheriff’s Office. The accident happened just outside the village of Penn Yan.
The crash tipped the school bus onto its passenger side and left the front of the Impala sedan crumpled, photos show.
At the time of the crash, driver David R. Mulberger, a 62-year-old man from Penn Yan, and three children were on the school bus, deputies said.
The sheriff’s office did not say if anyone was injured. But in a statement, the Penn Yan Central School District said “EMS responded immediately and medical care was provided on site.”
Deputies identified Mateo A. Andrew, a Seneca County sheriff’s deputy, as the driver of the Impala.
The 22-year-old Seneca Falls man and his passenger, Deputy Colton Rice, 21, of Clyde, were on their way to attend the basic course for police officers at the Southern Tier Law Enforcement Academy in Horseheads at the time of the crash, the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Andrew has been ticketed for failing to stop at a stop sign, deputies said.
The crash remains under investigation. Yates County deputies said the cause of the accident will be determined “pending the completion of the investigation.”
In addition to deputies, members of the Penn Yan Fire Department, Penn Yan Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps, the Benton Volunteer Fire Department, the Dresden Volunteer Fire Department, Yates County EMS and the Yates County Office of Emergency Services also responded to the scene.
Samantha House is a social media producer and features writer for Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard and NYUP.com. In her nearly 15 years as a journalist, she has covered topics ranging from crime, courts and… more
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