School bus crashes during driver's examination
{{date|July 3, 2007}}
[[Image:Carpenterclassic.jpg|thumb|right|A New York school bus, similar to the one that crashed.]]
A woman, who was taking the [[w:Driving test|road test]] to become a [[w:Commercial driver's license|licensed]] [[w:School bus|school bus]] driver, crashed a bus into a [[w:Utility pole|utility pole]] in [[w:White Plains, New York|White Plains]], [[New York]], today. The wreck occurred on South Kensico Road between the intersections with Minevera Place and Oakley Avenue.

''[[w:The Journal News|The Journal News]]'' reported that the accident occurred at 11:30 a.m. [[w:Eastern Time Zone (North America)|EDT]] ([[w:UTC-4|UTC-4]]) and that neither the student driver nor the examiner from the New York [[w:Department of Motor Vehicles|Department of Motor Vehicles]] (DMV) was injured.

[[Image:Kensico Road White Plains NY 20070703-1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The telephone pole being repaired {{Image source|[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT'''''Cobra'']]}}]]According to ''The Journal News'' the road was closed in both directions. Police and workers from the utility company, [[w:Consolidated Edison|Con Edison]], were on the scene inspecting the damage. The utility pole had snapped at the bottom and it was leaning on the bus.

''Wikinews'' went to the crash site and found that Con Edison crews were still working to replace the pole. Nearly five hours after the crash, a new pole had been installed and the old one was being held parallel up against it. Workers were transferring the wires onto the new pole.

Kensico Road had been reopened, but only in one lane. Workers let traffic pass alternating between one direction and then the other. Ironically, the green sign that is affixed to the pole reads "DMV test site starts here."

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*{{source|url=http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070703/NEWS02/707030412
|title=School bus driver road test goes awry; video
|author=Nicole Neroulias and Ricky Flores
|pub=The Journal News
|date=July 3, 2007}}

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[[Category:Disasters and accidents]]
[[Category:Transport]]
[[Category:Wackynews]]
[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:New York]]
[[Category:White Plains, New York]]
A New York school bus, similar to the one that crashed.
A woman, who was taking the road test to become a licensed school bus driver, crashed a bus into a utility pole in White Plains, New York, today. The wreck occurred on South Kensico Road between the intersections with Minevera Place and Oakley Avenue.

The Journal News reported that the accident occurred at 11:30 a.m. EDT (UTC-4) and that neither the student driver nor the examiner from the New York Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) was injured.

The telephone pole being repaired According to The Journal News the road was closed in both directions. Police and workers from the utility company, Con Edison, were on the scene inspecting the damage. The utility pole had snapped at the bottom and it was leaning on the bus.

Wikinews went to the crash site and found that Con Edison crews were still working to replace the pole. Nearly five hours after the crash, a new pole had been installed and the old one was being held parallel up against it. Workers were transferring the wires onto the new pole.

Kensico Road had been reopened, but only in one lane. Workers let traffic pass alternating between one direction and then the other. Ironically, the green sign that is affixed to the pole reads "DMV test site starts here."
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