At around 7:45 a.m. on Monday morning, September 16, Sullivan County Sheriff's Patrol responded to 911 reports of a motor vehicle accident involving a school bus on State Route 52 near the Liberty and Fallsburg town line.

Upon arriving at the scene, deputies found that a 2007 Lincoln MKX that had been traveling westbound when it crossed the double yellow line and struck a school bus which was going in the opposite direction.

The driver of the MKX was killed in the impact and pronounced dead at the scene by Sullivan County Coroner Albee Bachman.

The school bus, which is owned by Rolling V. Bus Corporation based out of Liberty, had just dropped off all of its passengers in Liberty and was heading to South Fallsburg.

The driver, who was the sole occupant of the bus at the time of the accident, suffered a minor injury to his left shoulder and was taken by Mobilemedic EMS to Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris.

The Loch Sheldrake Fire Department, Liberty Fire Police, New York State Department of Transportation and state troopers assisted at the scene.

The name of the deceased was still being withheld as of press time on Thursday pending notification of next of kin.