MORRISTOWN, NJ [CHI] — A bus traveling into Crown Heights from Pittsburgh to attend the Lag BaOmer Parade was involved in what is reported to be a serious accident on the Interstate 78 in New Jersey.
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MORRISTOWN, NJ [CHI] — A bus traveling into Crown Heights from Pittsburgh to attend the Lag BaOmer Parade was involved in what is reported to be a serious accident on the Interstate 78 in New Jersey.
The bus was one of the Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh school buses who were on their way to Brooklyn.
In a brief conversation with Moshe Vogel who was at the scene he said that “Baruch Hashem everyone is ok, one boy was taken to the hospital, we don’t think he was hurt, he was alert and conscious,” adding that it was a miracle, and even the police did not belive that no one was seriously hurt in the crash.
Emergency personal sent helicopters to the scene in fear of a mass casualty incident, but thankfully they were not needed.
Reports say that a car came on to the 78 east traveling in th e wrong direction, just past the Morristown exit, and attempted to swerve around on coming cars, eventually colliding and causing a multiple car crash with fatalities.
Rabbi Yossi Rosenblum, principal of Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh told CrownHeights.info “we were traveling with over 120 people on two busses, and one of our busses was involved, one passengers was seriously injured but is expected to be ok.”
Rabbi Rosenblum added that they are recovering and are now trying to find a way to continue their journey to Crown Heights.
Readers are requested to take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for those involved in the accident.
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what does this have to do with morristown?
RG
All these pictures were taken by passenger, Ze’ev Gasson, who is traveling with his sons to Crown Heights for the Lag’B’Omer parade. B”H everyone on the bus is okay!
MomKam770
Boruch Hashem, my husband and boys are ok; missing glasses, no yarmulkes, and a scratch here and there is a true miracle. I was told the bus was totaled.They still hope to make it to the parade.
B H they are OK
To ???
It happened NEAR Morristown. Duh! Read, people, read!
Another bus
Bh. They just got another bus so will make it to the parade!!!
What a miracle
from morristown
take a look at a map where does interstate 78 run through morristown
Shvigger
Boruch Hashem! Chasdei Hashem! Henceforth Lag B’Omer will be celebrated in Pittsburgh with a seudas hodaah. The passenger who was “seriously injured” sustained a broken leg and will be fine. Arrangements were made to continue on to “The Big Parade.”
Proud Pittsburgher
This shows the true ahavas yisroel in pittsburgh…… bus totaled but no one was hurt BH. What a LAg Baomer nes
Sitting in Pittsburgh
Such a miracle. It’s so beautiful when we can see Hashem’s hand protecting us!!
from pitts
does anyone know if the driver in the CAR fell asleep at the wheel? or was he drunk?
Chani S.
WOW !
Apparently a minivan of collage students drove by soon afterwards. They stopped to ask if they could help…. One of them is Jewish and he put Teffilin on with Rabbi W. as shown in this last picture !! Amazing !!
The group arrived in time for the end of the concert and are walking in the Parade, now, B”H.
Nissim V’Niflaos !!
from Pittsburgh
Wow. BH everyone is ok! Sending love and prayers from Pittsburgh
Batsheva W.
Baruch Hashem, a miracle happened! May everyone continue their travels safe and sound!
Meir
BH,
Other than a bochur with a broken leg, all from bus OK, other driver (goy) fatality.
Eli Cowen
baruch hashem everyones ok.
i was very proud to see you guys marching in the parade, especially my brother Menachem.
Tehilim requested
One Pittsburgh passenger who was sitting in the front of the bus is injured and recovering from surgery with a broken pelvis and broken ribs,please say Tehilim for Yaakov Ben Shulamit,who will remain in hospital
Correction
..There is no exit from the 78 to Morristown….Morristown is like 20 mins from the 78..
Bus Traveler
we were close to morristown when it happened and we saw it happen sitting in the other bus (the girls bus it happened in the boys bus)
Bh
Baruch Hashemite!!!! Chasdei Hashemite!!! Miracles miracles let’s All dance bisimcha in honour of miracles
eli
driver will never talk again!!! Nothing to tes for left!!!
cheering you
you are heroes. a standing ovation to you all, we love you. to see those kids marching, with bandaids and blood on their faces- to get back in the bus and keep going- you are heroes.
baruch hashem?
“baruch hashem everyone’s ok”
“Other than a bochur with a broken leg, all from bus OK, other driver (goy) fatality.”
People died in this accident! You are heartless to people you assume are not jewish… even if they are not jewish why don’t you care? I’m taking a moment and davening for your nashamos.
GOSH
Oh. My…. who cares what exits are and arent near Morristown… and to the last comment who is questioning the boruch hashem everyone is okay–WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU??? When someone isnt driving carefully and crashes into a bus with 60 men and boys, yes, boruch hashem that everyone is safe!!Im sorry if the driver was killed, but it IS Boruch Hashem that everyone else left unharmed… take a moment to appreciate hashem’s rachmanus… and dont waste your time writing inappropriate comments- no one needs you to pray for them
please daven for Yakov Ben Shulamit
no one should be arguing…all we need to do is focus on the good and ahavas yisroel! Really, Baruch Hashem this wasnt worse because it could have been SO much worse. I am sorry someone was killed. That person also has a family and Hashem should comfort them. We should ALL know only revealed good. And please daven for Yaakov Ben Shulamit, who will now have a long recovery for fractured pelvis, ribs and knee.
Correction
Yaakov Ben Shulamit HACOHEN
Kiddush Hashem!!!
Big kiddush hashem, whoever put tefilin on!!!!
Misconnection!
B”H everyone was ok, The person who was injured IS NOT A BOCHUR!! Also, the person who got killed we know was doing that ON PURPOSE!!!! This is a major miracle and probably had to do with Rashbi!! Refuah Shelaima to Yaacov ben Shulamis!!
BH
Yes the rabbi who did put on Tefillin did do a great Kidush HaShem a chabad Rabbi in pittsburgh. may Yakkov ben Shulamit heel as soon as posible come out of the hospital and go back to his family children wife grandchildren we should all daven for him and thank HaShem for such a great miricle Mashiach Now!!!!!!
Bubby Shoshana Stein
Baruch HaShem that most were not seriously hurt. HaShem does work wonders when our families and children are in need. My prayers go out to everyone for a quick and healthy recovery.
YYF
Baruch Hashem! The Aibishter makes miracles! Yaakov Ben Shulamis is Baruch Hashem, Bli Ayin Hara, recovering well. There was a Seudas Hoda’a in Pittsburgh. If you see the pictures of the bus after the crash, you realize how big of a miracle we were Zocheh to! Baruch Hashem!