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First Responders Escort 6-Year-Old Girl Who Survived New Windsor School Bus Crash Home From Hospital

NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- A 6-year-old girl who was one of three people seriously injured in a school bus crash last week in Orange County has been released from the hospital.

New Windsor EMS posted a photo of the girl, saying officers escorted her back home last Friday.

Today we were honored to escort one of the patients from the tragic bus accident back home. Shea spent over an hour...

Posted by New Windsor Emergency Medical Services on Friday, October 23, 2020

She suffered broken bones after police said a truck pulling a wood chipper crossed the double yellow line of Route 207 and collided with a Washingtonville Central School District bus.

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"She's a tough kid. She didn't cry a bit. She told her mom she did her yoga breaths to stay calm," the child's uncle told CBS2 after the crash.

Both drivers were also seriously injured.

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