NJ Transit Bus Driver Caught Counting Money On Rt. 3 In Secaucus

SECAUCUS, NJ — As Northern New Jersey still reels from the tragic — and apparently preventable — school bus accident last week in Paramus, a passenger captured video of an NJ Transit bus driver counting change while driving in Secaucus and on Rt. 3 this past Saturday night.

A video taken by a passenger shows the driver driving a New York-bound bus through Secaucus. The bus driver started counting dollar bills as they got onto Rt. 3. NJ Transit spokeswoman Nancy Snyder told The Bergen County Record that the agency will investigate the driver, whose name was not revealed. Drivers are prohibited from counting change or tickets while operating the bus because it is unsafe, she said.

Last week's Paramus school bus crash on 1-80 killed one teacher and one 10-year-old girl. It left another little girl in critical condition, clinging to life. The 77-year-old bus driver, Hudy Muldrow Sr. of Paterson, had been involved in another crash before this one, as well as had his license suspended twice and was cited eight times for speeding.

He was hired as a bus driver by the Paramus school district and was taking more than 40 students, chaperones, and teachers from East Brook Middle School to Waterloo Village for a field trip when the crash occurred last Thursday, May 17.

He was making an illegal U-turn on I-80 when the school bus collided with a dump truck.

Two people, teacher Jennifer Williamson-Kennedy and 10-year-old student Miranda Faith Vargas died in the crash. Forty-three people on board, were injured, some critically. Many underwent surgery. At least one, Sofia Evelich, remains in critical condition in the hospital.

Top image via NJ Transit