By Associated Press - Thursday, May 10, 2018

EAST PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) - A woman was killed when she crashed her car into a parked school bus on Long Island.

Suffolk County police say Jennifer Dowling, of Shirley, was driving on Sunrise Highway Service Road in East Patchogue just before 8:30 a.m. Thursday when she rear-ended the bus, which was parked on the shoulder.

The 38-year-old woman was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.



Police say the bus driver, who was alone on the bus, was not injured.

Police are still investigating the accident.

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