Patterson (Putnam)- Bus MVA 5-25-07

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Date: 5-25-07

Time: 10:30AM

Location: Route 22 @ Route 311

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Units Operating: Patterson FD & EMS, Empire ALS, Putnam Sheriff, NYSP, Putnam Hazmat, Lisi's Towing

Description Of Incident: Large coach bus carrying young children pulled onto shoulder just north of Route 22 @ Route 311 light to await a following bus, and partially toppled over. Bus had to be stablized and 39 children evacuated. According to reports, Pattterson FD had just trained on new vehicle stablization equipment that they used on this incident the night before.

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