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Two families settle Paramus school bus crash cases
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Settlements of $12.5M for critically injured student, $7M for student who was killed
The Paramus school district has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to settle a pair of lawsuits stemming from a fatal bus crash in 2018. The family of a 10-year-old student killed in the crash, reached a $7 million settlement earlier this month. The family of a student who was critically injured in the crash, reached a $12.5 million settlement
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Two families settle Paramus school bus crash cases
Clip: 10/30/2023 | 1m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
The Paramus school district has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to settle a pair of lawsuits stemming from a fatal bus crash in 2018. The family of a 10-year-old student killed in the crash, reached a $7 million settlement earlier this month. The family of a student who was critically injured in the crash, reached a $12.5 million settlement
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipThe family of ten-year-old Miranda Vargas, who was killed in a school bus crash in 2018, will be paid $7 million.
The Vargas family reached a settlement with the Paramus school district earlier this month.
The district also settled with the family of Asher Majeed, a student who was left in critical condition after the crash.
Majeed's family will receive 12 and a half million dollars from the Paramus District.
Social studies teacher Jennifer Williamson Kennedy was also killed in the crash, and her family still has an ongoing suit against the district.
The crash occurred when the bus driver, Hudy Muldrow, Sr. missed his exit on Route 80, veered across three lanes of traffic and attempted to cross to the other side of the highway illegally.
The bus was hit by an oncoming dump truck.
The attorney for the families has said the district should have known about Muldrow's muddy driving record that included 20 license suspensions and five crashes.
He's since been sentenced to ten years in prison.
The family of the 43 other students on the bus have also sued the dump truck company.
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