A man who underwent surgery for back injuries after the bus he was riding in collided with a truck has agreed to a $750,000 settlement of his Essex County suit.

Mobashir Ilyas was riding in a New Jersey Transit bus operated by Pierre Devilme near Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sept. 9, 2016 when a commercial truck owned by All Points Trucking and Courier and operated by Noufou Belem struck the bus while attempting to change lanes, said plaintiff lawyer Lance J. Bitterman of Fredson Statmore Bitterman in Bloomefield.