crash_reports: 1900000583

On Thursday, June 6, 2019 while assigned to Traffic unit N525, I responded to the intersection of Waverly Avenue and Franklin Street for a report of an accident involving a City of Newton school bus. The weather at the time of the accident was clear and sunny. The road surface was dry. Waverly Avenue and Franklin Street are both public ways maintained by the City of Newton. The operator of MV1, Dorothy Wensink (S40227061), stated she was operating her 2010 Toyota Prius (MA: 538EV6) Eastbound on Franklin Street towards Waverly Avenue. Wensink stated she came to a stop at the stop sign on Franklin Street (E) at Waverly Avenue. Wensink stated as she began to travel through the intersection, a school bus traveling on Waverly Avenue (S) crashed into the rear driver side door area of her vehicle. Wensink reported no injuries on scene. I observed moderate damage to the rear driver side area of MV1. Wensink was able to driver her vehicle away from the scene. MV2 was a City of Newton contracted yellow school bus (MA BUN: 39173) transporting students attending the Ward Elementary School. The bus was returning to the Ward School from a field trip. The operator of MV2, Antonio Goncalves (S54275856), stated he was operating the school bus Southbound on Waverly Avenue towards Franklin Street. Goncalves stated MV1 abruptly accelerated across the intersection from Franklin Street. Goncalves stated he was unable to avoid making contact with MV1 and crashed into the rear driver side of the vehicle. I observed minor damage to the front middle and passenger side bumper area of MV2. The following Ward Elementary School student, teachers, and parents were traveling on the school bus at the time of the accident and reported no injuries. Students: Avishai Arbili, Eleanor Chen, Maeve Donovan, Esat Efendigil, Mark Elentuck, Julian Ismay, Rhea Khanna, Griffin Kirby, Ori Layani, Priscilla Le-Ngo, Callum McLaughlin, Carolina Muniz, Emily Ney, Hrithik Ponduru, Levi Rosenberg Van Gameren, Zachary Schwarzberg, Ava Smoller, Matthew Somers, Lillian Welford, William Balerna, Alexandra Bogdanova, Randi Green, Christopher Iatrou Johnson, Charlotte Nichols, Henry Pozen, Sofia Shadah Alcalde, and Zoey Steinberg. Teachers: Katherine Goldman and Lauren Ludman. Parents: Enrique Shadah, Brian Rosenberg and Xinxin Wang. The Principal of the Ward Elementary School, Becca Brogadir, responded to the crash scene and signed a patient refusal for all of the students with Newton Medics. The students, teachers, and parents, then walked back to the Ward Elementary School with Principal Brogadir. The school bus was able to drive away from the scene. Once the students arrived at the Ward Elementary School, the nursing staff there evaluated each child before they could return to class. The school staff stated they would make notifications to the parents of the children involved in the accident. After speaking with all parties involved, the operator of MV1 was cited in hand for Newton City Ordinance Chapter 19, Section 75 (Failure to Use Care). Pictures were taken of both vehicles and submitted to the IT Bureau.