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Hurley school bus carrying 17 hits pole; no injuries

"Extreme sun glare" caused the driver of a school bus carrying 17 students to strike a utility pole in Ulster County Wednesday, police said.

After picking up the students from the J. Watson Bailey Middle School in Hurley at 3:20 p.m., Barry D. Post, 55, turned south onto Hurley Avenue; soon after, Post lost control of the bus and struck a utility pole, State Police said.

The front bumper...

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