No injuries from school bus, recycling truck collision in Gill

First responders evacuate a Gill school bus after it was involved in a minor collision with a recycling truck on Main Road on Friday afternoon.

First responders evacuate a Gill school bus after it was involved in a minor collision with a recycling truck on Main Road on Friday afternoon. STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

First responders assist at the scene of a collision between a Gill school bus and a recycling truck on Main Road on Friday afternoon.

First responders assist at the scene of a collision between a Gill school bus and a recycling truck on Main Road on Friday afternoon. STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Staff Writer

Published: 05-02-2025 6:35 PM

GILL — There were no reported injuries after a recycling truck hit an F.M. Kuzmeskus school bus carrying children on Main Road Friday afternoon.

The recycling truck driver, who declined to identify himself, said he struck the bus while turning out from a nearby home’s driveway onto Main Road.

Parents, eagerly awaiting to retrieve their children, drove to the crash site near 450 Main Road. Members of the Erving and Gill Police departments as well as Massachusetts State Police joined the Gill Fire Department and Northfield EMS to assist with the investigation.

Sighs of relief were heard when Northfield EMS Chief Matt Wolkenbreit announced to a group of waiting parents that their children were all uninjured and they would be reunited one by one.

According to Gill Deputy Fire Chief Mitchell Waldron, “no apparent injuries” were sustained by anyone involved and the collision caused minor damage to the school bus.

Anthony Cammalleri can be reached at acammalleri@recorder.com or 413-930-4429.