The path of destruction started around noon Wednesday as the bus was traveling south on Meadowbrook Road near the intersection of Gianelli Avenue in North Merrick, police saidThe path of destruction started around noon Wednesday as the bus was traveling south on Meadowbrook Road near the intersection of Gianelli Avenue in North Merrick, police said. It collided with a Terminex pickup truck on the street before striking a parked car, which was pushed into the basement of the home.
The bus, from the Guardian Bus Company of Oceanside, then slammed into the house while the homeowner was inside. Mauricio Arevalo watched from his front window as the bus hit the truck parked on the street, then plowed into his home."Moved the house moved when it hit. The house a little moved," said Arevalo.
John Scalesi, of the Bellmore Fire Department, said the bus had just dropped off a group of students and was heading towards Calhoun High School. At the time of the accident, only the driver was on board. Neither Arevalo nor the bus driver were injured, but neighbors said an unidentified man sitting in the parked commercial truck was hurt. A neighbor said the man was bleeding from his head.
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