Early Saturday morning, January 9th, a student from the Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science was killed in a school bus crash on I-84. According to police, 17 year old Vikas Parikh from Rocky Hill died in the accident. Lt. J. Paul Vance said "A passenger car and a school bus had been involved in a crash causing the school bus to go through the guard rails and off the roadway". The bus was on its way to Farmington High School for a robotics competition when it collided with a station wagon and fell about 20 feet down. The bus held 16 teenagers and two adults. It was reported that one student was sent to Hartford Hospital and another was in serious condition at Ct Children's Medical Center while others were sent to UCONN and St. Francis. Superintendent Dr. Steve Adamowski of Hartford Public Schools said "Our hearts go out to the families of the students who were injured and particularly to the families of the student from Rocky Hill".
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