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NJ Man Arrested After Rock Injures Girl on School Bus

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A New Jersey man suspected in a string of rock-throwing incidents was seriously injured when he struck a teenage girl riding a school bus, authorities said.

Hernando Garciamorales, 40, of Palisades Park, was arrested Saturday in connection with a Jan. 7 motor vehicle incident on the northbound New Jersey Turnpike, New Jersey State Police said.

The girl suffered a fractured skull.

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A New Jersey girl was injured when someone threw a rock through the window of her school bus while she was with a class returning from a field trip, authorities said. (New Jersey State Police)

“The girl will be fine. She had surgery for a fractured skull on Thursday and is recovering well,” Teaneck Mayor Mark J. Schwartz told The New York Post.

Garciamorales was arrested at a campground in Old Croaker County Park in Bergen County and was being held in the Bergen County Jail pending his arraignment.

He is charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal mischief, resisting arrest by flight and obstruction.

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Image of a school bus that was hit by a rock while returning a group of children from a school trip in New Jersey. (New Jersey State Police)

A large rock shattered a bus window as third-grade children were returning to Yeshivat Noam Jewish day school in Paramus after a class trip to Liberty Science Center, the school told Fox News Digital.

Authorities notified the school that Garciamorales had confessed to that incident, as well as several other rock-throwing incidents in the area, the school said. Law enforcement officials said there was no evidence the incident was bias-related.

“We are deeply grateful for the rapid, coordinated response and outstanding communication between all law enforcement, elected officials, and relevant community organizations,” said Rabbi Chaim Hagler, Head of Yeshivat Noam School. “Their collaboration underscores the importance of strong partnerships between schools, community leaders, and public safety officials. Our primary focus remains the safety of our children, and we are encouraged to see justice served so efficiently.”