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The incident took place in Ronkonkoma around 7:15 a.m., Monday, Sept. 12 on Baeck Street, said the Suffolk County Police.
According to a message sent to parents of the Connetquot School District, a yellow mini-bus pulled up with the words Route 13 on the side and a driver that none of the students recognized.
The driver, described as a middle-aged, dark-skinned man with an accent, called one of the students by name and kept telling them to get on the bus, the message said.
The students refused to get on the bus, and one of the student's mothers, who was nearby, was yelling at them not to get on the bus.
The strange bus drove away, and the student's regular school bus pulled up minutes later and the students made their way to school safely, the message said.
The Suffolk County police said following an investigation, school officials said both buses were scheduled to pick up students on the route and no criminality was involved.
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