North Amityville crash: Woman killed, three on bus hurt 

A 21-year-old woman was killed Thursday when police said her car crossed into oncoming traffic, colliding with a minibus in North Amityville.

Suffolk County police said four people were on the minibus owned by Educational Bus — the driver, a matron and two students.

The bus driver, 29, of North Amityville, an adult male matron and a 13-year-old female student on the bus were transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip for treatment of minor injuries, police said. The second student on the bus, a 14-year-old boy, was not injured.

The dead woman was identified by police as Nia Cooper of Amityville.

Police said the Cooper was driving a 2006 Honda Civic north on Albany Avenue when her car crossed the centerline and into oncoming southbound traffic at about 8 a.m., colliding with the minibus.

Additional details were not immediately available and the crash remains under investigation.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”