Brandeis University student Vanessa Mark killed, 27 hurt in shuttle bus crash in Waltham - CBS Boston

WALTHAM - Brandeis University pupil Vanessa Mark was killed and much than 2 twelve others were wounded erstwhile a assemblage shuttle autobus crashed successful Waltham precocious Saturday night.

In a associated connection Sunday, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Waltham Police Chief Kevin O'Connell said the autobus was returning to field from a hockey crippled astatine Northeastern University erstwhile it slammed into a histrion connected South Street astir 10:30 p.m.

There nary connection yet connected what caused the crash. "It's wholly nether probe astatine this time," Waltham Fire Chief Andrew Mullin told WBZ-TV.

A witnesser told WBZ's Jordyn Jagolinzer the autobus deed aggregate trees and helium heard screams afterwards. The autobus was destroyed successful the crash.

"One pupil was pronounced dormant connected scene. The remaining 26 students and the operator of the autobus sustained injuries of varying degrees and were each transported to country hospitals," Ryan and O'Connell said successful their statement. "No charges person been filed."

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The assemblage aboriginal identified the idiosyncratic who died arsenic undergraduate pupil Vanessa Mark.

Brandeis president Ron Liebowitz said Mark was "currently connected leave," but added that she was surviving successful Waltham and "was an progressive and cherished subordinate of the Brandeis community."

"We person been successful interaction with Vanessa's household and volition proceed to enactment successful interaction with them successful the coming days, and we volition support you updated astir ways we volition grant Vanessa's memory," Liebowitz said successful a letter to field Sunday.

"Given the fig of injured radical and the antithetic hospitals to which they were transported, it is taking clip to find the presumption of everyone involved, including which passengers are Brandeis students," assemblage spokesperson Julie Jette told WBZ successful an email. She aboriginal said lone 5 radical were inactive successful the hospital.

"I cognize that sadness implicit past night's fatal shuttle mishap is rippling done our assemblage today. We are each experiencing the daze of specified a unspeakable accident, and everyone's betterment volition instrumentality time," Liebowitz said.

"Adding to the trouble of absorbing specified achy quality is the information that we each person galore unanswered questions astatine this time. We person been moving with Waltham Police arsenic the mishap is investigated and volition proceed to beryllium successful adjacent interaction with the department. Nothing is much important than the information of our students, and we are committed to learning each that we tin astir however this happened. University leaders volition proceed to stock accusation arsenic we larn more."

Jette said the assemblage has notified students, module and unit astir the clang and that they are "providing counseling and enactment to students."

"Given the calamity that our assemblage is experiencing, Brandeis has canceled classes scheduled for Monday and Tuesday (Nov. 21 and 22). This volition alteration immoderate students to instrumentality to household and friends sooner than the mean vacation docket would person allowed. For students who volition stay connected campus, we volition person further opportunities to stitchery and person support," Jette said.

"It's really, truly frightening to maine due to the fact that I americium a idiosyncratic who uses the Boston to Cambridge shuttle frequently. I often times usage it to spell spot my member successful Boston oregon helium comes present to spot me, and conscionable to deliberation if 1 of america were connected that bus, it's incredibly, incredibly disturbing,"  Brandeis University elder Draken Garfinkel told WBZ Sunday.

Waltham Police are urging anyone who saw the clang oregon has accusation to telephone them instantly astatine (781) 314-3600.

Students tin telephone the Brandeis counseling halfway astatine 781-736-3730 for assistance if needed.

A vigil volition beryllium held Sunday nighttime astatine 7 astatine the chapel connected campus.

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