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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

New York school community mourns after two killed in school bus crash

scene of bus crash
Emergency responders work the scene of a bus crash, which occurred as a group of 40 pupils and four adults were headed to a band camp. Photograph: NBC New York/AP

A high school community in Farmingdale, New York, is grieving after a school bus crash killed a band director as well as a volunteer chaperone.

Gina Pellettiere – the 43-year-old director of the Farmingdale high school marching band and wind ensemble – and Beatrice Ferrari, 77, a retired social studies teacher, were killed when the bus they were on overturned Thursday off an embankment into a 50ft ravine.

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