L.A., N.Y. school buses in serious accidents

An automobile driver was killed and dozens of students riding a school bus were injured after a car slammed into the rear of the bus in Los Angeles Oct. 25, causing the bus to overturn, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The Los Angeles Times said 54 teenage students were aboard the school bus.

Meanwhile, in Amityville, N.Y., an empty school bus was involved in an accident Oct. 25 with a tanker truck carrying waste oil, reports the Associated Press.

There were no students aboard the bus at the time, but the school bus driver was hospitalized in critical condition, reports the Associated Press.