Bus Driver from Turnpike Accident Dies

The bus driver from has died from his injuries, according to a spokesperson from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Andy Lynch, 52, of Chesapeake, Va., had been listed in critical condition since Wednesday afternoon. He died Friday morning.

A hospital spokesperson could not release the details of the injuries Lynch suffered in the crash.

a D.C. Trails on Tour bus carrying 55 passengers driven by Lynch, was en route from New York City to Washington D.C. when it encountered heavy traffic. The bus came upon the slow moving traffic and swerved to the right, where it rear-ended a J.B. Hunt tractor-trailer, which then struck the rear of another tractor-trailer causing the J.B. Hunt truck to jackknife, according to the New Jersey State Police.

Three passengers, including Lynch, were airlifted to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital after sustaining serious injuries, according to the NJSP. 14 other passengers sustained minor injuries and were taken to Saint Peter’s University Medical Center in New Brunswick and Central State Hospital in Freehold, according to the NJSP.

Lynch was extricated and airlifted from the accident scene after the bus he was driving rear-ended a tractor-trailer on the N.J. Turnpike's southbound outer roadway, just north of Exit 8A/Rt. 32 in South Brunswick.

Soon after the accident, the NJSP released information stating Lynch had died from his injuries. A spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said Thursday that Lynch was in critical condition and had not died.

RWJ spokesman Peter Haigney said that a total of seven victims from the accident were treated at Robert Wood Johnson, with three having been treated and released. One victim was upgraded from critical to fair condition.