Joseph Magyar, 69, of Iselin was driving a Dapper Bus last Wednesday east on Main Street in Woodbridge when he struck a curb, a speed limit sign, telephone pole and guard rail on the corner of Bina Place, police said.
(NJ Advance Media File Photo) WOODBRIDGE - A school bus driver involved in two accidents moments apart last week apparently suffered a medical episode and will not be charged, according to police.
Joseph Magyar, 69, of Iselin was driving a Dapper Bus about 5:25 p.m. last Wednesday, Oct. 28 east on Main Street in Woodbridge when he struck a curb, a speed limit sign, a telephone pole and a guardrail on the corner of Bina Place, police said.
The driver then backed off the guardrail and continued east on Main Street over the NJ Turnpike overpass, sideswiped a westbound vehicle before striking another telephone pole and tree near Kilfoyle Avenue, police said.
No students were on the bus at the time of the accidents, according to police.
The driver of the sideswiped vehicle was identified only as a 62-year-old Metuchen woman. She was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.
Magyar was extricated from the bus and taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick in critical condition with numerous fractures, police said.
He was listed in fair condition Wednesday morning.
Police said the bus driver would not face charges.
"It appears that he (suffered a) medical episode," said a police spokesman. "No further investigation."
The spokesman did not know the nature of the medical problem.
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