By The newspaper
06 Oct 2023, 12:34 PM EDT
In addition to the two dead teachers and the dozens of injuries, the tragedy of the overturning of a school bus last month in New York left another victim: a two-year-old baby who was orphaned.
Gina Pellettiere, the teacher who directed the Farmingdale High School marching band in Nassau County, Long Island (NY) for more than a decade, was the sole provider for her 2-year-old son, Joseph Emmanuel Pellettiere, the portal highlighted. GreaterLongIsland.com.
For this reason, a GoFundMe page was created in the baby’s name that has already raised more than $140,000 dollars. “A loving mother. A passionate teacher. A laugh and a smile that will always be appreciated,” the fundraising page reads about Pellettiere.
This rollover caused more injuries and deaths than any other traffic accident in New York in the last decade, an analysis of state transportation data from the Times Union. The attorney for the parents of one of the injured students plans to sue the school district for up to $12 million in damages, he noted. Patch.com. Other similar claims are expected.
Pellettiere (43) and retired teacher Beatrice Ferrari (77) died Sept. 21 when the charter bus they were traveling on from Long Island to Pennsylvania left Interstate 84 and crashed into an embankment in the town of Wawayanda, 75 miles northwest of NYC. Dozens of students were injured in the accident and all have been discharged.
A defective tire may have contributed to the deadly rollover in Orange County, said Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York. There were 40 students and four adults on board.
The damaged bus was part of a caravan of six that was taking students to a music camp. The vehicle is owned by Regency Transportation in Nesconset, Long Island.
According to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) website, that company has an impeccable safety record: it had not had any dangerous driving violations in recent years and, in general, its vehicles are very well maintained, he commented. ABCNews.