EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A luxury bus heading from Chinatown to Philadelphia crashed tonight on one of the nation’s most heavily trafficked highways, killing the driver and another person, police said.
Several people were injured in the New Jersey Turnpike crash, state police Sgt. Stephen Jones said.
The one-vehicle crash happened just days after a bus from an Uncasville, Conn., casino crashed as it was returning to Chinatown neighborhood, killing 15 people.
Monday’s crash of the luxury bus, which was carrying 25 to 30 people, left several people with minor injuries, state police said. The bus driver was thrown through the windshield, they said.
The bus, operated by a company from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., slammed into a guard rail and a concrete abutment while traveling south on the turnpike in East Brunswick, but it didn’t flip onto its side as initially believed, police said.
The cause of the crash hadn’t been determined.
The turnpike, which handled more than 235 million vehicles two years ago, generally has five lanes in each direction. The crash closed two southbound outer lanes.