The legislation was passed in response to the fatal school bus crash in May that killed elementary school teacher Jennifer Williamson and 10-year-old student Miranda Vargas.
"Having viewed the video, it is clear if it is released... it will cause additional very difficult hardship for the Vargas family, since the video shows the impact that caused Miranda's death," attorney David Fried wrote in an email to the state DOT.
The Morris County Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday denied New Jersey 101.5's request under the Open Public Records Act for a copy of the video, citing an ambiguous criminal investigatory records exemption under the law.
Less than two weeks after a school bus accident killed two residents of his congressional district, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer has introduced a federal bill requiring three-point seat belts on large school buses.
A week after the crash that took the life of a fifth grade student and teacher, bus driver Hudy Muldrow Sr. turned himself into State Police and faces a hearing on Friday.
In the wake of the Paramus school bus crash and an NTSB reccomendation a state Senator hopes his proposal for shoulder belts on New Jersey school buses will become a reality.
Fundraising efforts for one of the children seriously injured in last week's I-80 bus crash have raised thousands of dollars for a fifth-grader described as a "smart, beautiful vibrant girl."
11-year-old Brendan O'Callaghan faces a long road of surgery, nose reconstruction, and rehabilitation and the death of his favorite teacher following Thurdsay's school bus crash on I-80.