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Bus driver, aide and first responders praised after Setauket special-needs bus fire
Summary
At the May 13 Three Village Central School District Board of Education meeting, administrators publicly thanked a bus driver, a bus aide and volunteer firefighters after a special-needs minibus caught fire April 22 on Barker Drive; no students were injured and the district recognized responders at the meeting.
A bus driver and a bus aide who evacuated students from a special-needs minibus that caught fire April 22 were publicly thanked by district leaders at the Three Village Central School District Board of Education meeting on May 13.
School official Mr. Carlson described the scene: "The bus was fully engulfed in flames" by the time crews could put it out, and "all of the sheet metal on the sides and the roof of the bus were gone," he said. Carlson credited driver Joe Trapani and aide Juana Nunez with keeping students calm and ensuring their…
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