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1 killed, 4 injured in ambulette, para-transit bus collision

The crash killed a 48-year-old ambulette passenger, seriously injured four others - including both drivers - and caused significant damage to both vehicles

The Journal News

WEST NYACK, N.Y. — One man was killed when a para-transit bus operated by Brega Transport collided with an ambulette Thursday afternoon on Route 303 in West Nyack near the Palisades Center.

The crash killed a 48-year-old ambulette passenger, seriously injured four others - including both drivers - and caused significant damage to both vehicles.

Clarkstown police said the V.I.P. ambulette associated with the Friendship Adult Day Center was coming out of the Palisades mall and attempting to turn left when it collided in the intersection with the bus, which had been southbound on Route 303. The impact pushed both vehicles down the road. Both vehicles ended up on the southbound side of the road, about 100 feet from the intersection.

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