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September 1st, 2012, 11:46 AM
FORT LEE, N.J. (WABC) -- A teen aboard a double decker party bus stuck his head out a hatch and struck it on an overpass on I-95 in Fort Lee and died.
The hatch on the top of the bus was open and struck the Fletcher Avenue overpass at around 6:45 p.m. on Friday.
He was killed while riding in a party bus.
It was a night destined for celebration, but it ended in tragedy.
Police say 16-year-old Daniel Fernandez stuck his head out of an emergency hatch on the double decker party bus he was riding in, hitting his head on the Fletcher Avenue overpass.
Police say the bus was carrying 65 teens headed to a sweet 16 party in New Jersey.
The bus picked up the teens from Queens and was just coming off the George Washington Bridge and heading onto the southbound lanes of the NJ Turnpike when the accident happened.
Hernandez was pronounced dead at Hackensack Medical Center.
At the Port Authority Police Station, anxious parents reunited with their children.
Most were visibly shaken and upset, brushing past the media.
No other teens on the bus were hurt, but sources say they all suffered severe emotional trauma from what they witnessed.
The bus was operated by Designer Limousine out of Long Island.
Eyewitness News has been unable to reach them for comment.
The bus involved was the Double Decker Mega Liner which they claim is the largest double decker party bus in the country.
It seats up to 70, has 2 floors with a first level dance floor, a VIP room, a touch screen juice box and 15 flat screen tv's.
There was also a chaperone aboard the bus at the time of the accident but it's not yet known where that chaperone was or what they were doing.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_jersey&id=8794520
Tragic story, but I wonder what would have possessed him to do what the teen did anyway.
The hatch on the top of the bus was open and struck the Fletcher Avenue overpass at around 6:45 p.m. on Friday.
He was killed while riding in a party bus.
It was a night destined for celebration, but it ended in tragedy.
Police say 16-year-old Daniel Fernandez stuck his head out of an emergency hatch on the double decker party bus he was riding in, hitting his head on the Fletcher Avenue overpass.
Police say the bus was carrying 65 teens headed to a sweet 16 party in New Jersey.
The bus picked up the teens from Queens and was just coming off the George Washington Bridge and heading onto the southbound lanes of the NJ Turnpike when the accident happened.
Hernandez was pronounced dead at Hackensack Medical Center.
At the Port Authority Police Station, anxious parents reunited with their children.
Most were visibly shaken and upset, brushing past the media.
No other teens on the bus were hurt, but sources say they all suffered severe emotional trauma from what they witnessed.
The bus was operated by Designer Limousine out of Long Island.
Eyewitness News has been unable to reach them for comment.
The bus involved was the Double Decker Mega Liner which they claim is the largest double decker party bus in the country.
It seats up to 70, has 2 floors with a first level dance floor, a VIP room, a touch screen juice box and 15 flat screen tv's.
There was also a chaperone aboard the bus at the time of the accident but it's not yet known where that chaperone was or what they were doing.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_jersey&id=8794520
Tragic story, but I wonder what would have possessed him to do what the teen did anyway.