An Ocean County Superior Court judge on Feb. 22 approved a $2.7 million settlement for a student injured in a school bus accident, and for the student’s sister for witnessing the injury, in M.P., as guardian ad litem for D.P. and A.P. v. Toms River Schools Board of Education.

On Oct. 18, 20016, D.P., who was 8 years old, and A.P., who was 10 years old, were passengers on a school bus driven by Jody Simone and owned by the Toms River Board of Education. The bus was stopped on New Hampshire Avenue in Toms River, preparing to make a left turn into North Dover Elementary School, and when it made the turn, the bus collided with an oncoming car, said the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Norman Hobbie of Hobbie, Corrigan & DeCarlo in Eatontown.

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