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Two dead in Lenape High School bus crash in Southampton

One person was seriously injured in a crash between a school bus and a vehicle here Tuesday afternoon.

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Police say the accident occurred around 5 p.m. Tuesday on Pemberton Road.

18 students, two teachers, a teacher’s aide and the driver were on the bus at the time. Herbert said he anticipated that the injured would be transported to Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly.

Sgt. Joseph Little tells Philly.com the vehicle was “traveling at a high rate of speed and may have been passing other cars”. Their identities were not immediately released. Police say a Volkswagen Passat collided with the school bus carrying the Lenape Valley High School swim team, two coaches, and the bus driver.

Police say two people who were in the auto were pronounced dead.

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The crash occurred just hours after Lenape Athletics had noted in a tweet that it was opening day for the Medford school’s swimming and bowling teams.

Authorities investigate the scene of an accident involving a school bus and a vehicle on Tuesday Dec. 1 2015 in Southampton N.J. State Police said the school bus and a vehicle collided leaving at least one person in the car seriously injured. (Tom Gr