Marvin Shapiro, principal of Oak Hill Middle School in Newton, said 40 students ages 12 and 13 and five adult chaperones were on the bus headed for a music festival. Shapiro said the students were going to participate in a joint concert Friday night with Gaetz Brook Junior High School outside of Halifax. Some of my friends might die. I hope they don't because I just want to hang out with them. Tom Barocci said he went to the school to comfort his daughter, Jenna, an 8th-grader.
Nobody really knows what to do.
John Rosenfeld said his daughter, Alexandra, who was on the bus, called him at 6 a.m. to say she had not been hurt. At the time, she was unaware of the seriousness and told her father no one had died. His was later told that children had been killed. I literally couldn't believe it. It appeared the vehicle slid for some distance on its side and there were deep tire tracks in the grass.