New Jersey Transit bus operated by student driver crashes into office building in Leonia
LEONIA, New Jersey (WABC) -- A New Jersey Transit bus operated by a student driver crashed into an office building on Wednesday in Leonia, New Jersey, according to officials.
It happened at Grand Avenue and Fort Lee Road just before 9 a.m.
A crossing guard says the driver lost control while making a turn.
"She was making a right turn over here, and she didn't straighten the wheel, the wheel was still to the right and she jumped those two curbs over there and then went right down into the hole," Frank Aiello said.
The bus clipped the side a shuttered business, Kitchens and Stone of Leonia, and took down a tree.
Police say the bus was occupied by a student driver and an instructor, with no passengers on board.
The NJ Transit bus had two "Student Driver" signs on it, and the agency confirmed it was the student behind the wheel.
The building was vacant and unoccupied at the time of the crash.
No injuries were reported, and the cause of the crash is under investigation.
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