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Van driver dies in crash involving two school buses
Quick ReadEast Patchogue man pronounced dead at hospital; bus drivers treated for head and neck injuries.
Photo credit: James Carbone | A box truck slammed into rear of school bus on Mastic Road at Clinton Avenue early Monday morning. (Dec. 7, 2009)
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A three-vehicle crash involving two school buses in Mastic Beach killed a van driver Monday morning, Suffolk County police said.
Neither bus had students on board.
Jose Gonzales, 32, of East Patchogue, was driving a 2004 General Motors van southbound on Mastic Road at about 6:45 a.m. when he rear-ended a school bus stopped in traffic at the intersection of Clinton Avenue. That bus hit...
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