By The Diary
A school bus fatally struck a 9-year-old boy as he headed to class this morning in Brooklyn (NYC).
The bus was driving through the neighborhood Williamsburg around 8:15 a.m. when the driver made a left turn from Lee Av onto Lorimer St, striking the child as he tried to cross the street, authorities said.
The paramedics The student was rushed to the Woodhull Sanatorium, where he died. The name of the minor was not immediately released as police worked to locate his relatives, he said. Day-to-day News.
At first, The 49-year-old driver continued driving, but quickly returned to the scene. after someone flagged him down and warned him that he had run over a person. It was not immediately reported whether there were children aboard the school bus at the time the accident occurred. So far, no formal charges have been filed.
In February, a similar tragedy also occurred in Brooklyn.when Amira Aminova, 11 year old girl native of Uzbekistan, was fatally struck near her home by a school bus whose driver drove by. That accident was captured on video; it is recommended caution when observing the dramatic images.
In 2025, a 24-year-old girl died when the Mercedes-Benz car she was traveling in collided with a school bus in Brooklyn. In 2024, a kindergarten student and his mother died when they were hit by a school minibus while walking to class in Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York.
Likewise, in 2024, a 5-year-old girl was fatally hit by a bus she had just gotten off while leaving school in Rockland County. In late January, an 8-year-old boy was also fatally hit by a bus in that same county. Two days later, three elderly people died and another adult was injured in a violent crash between a car and a school bus in New Jersey.
In another case, in November 2023, a Dominican grandmother was killed by a school bus after leaving her three granddaughters in class in Queens (NYC). In September of that year, two teachers were killed and dozens of students were injured when the charter bus in which They were traveling from Lengthy Island to Pennsylvania left Interstate 84 and crashed into an embankment in the city of Wawayanda, 75 miles northwest of NYC. That rollover caused more injuries and deaths than any other traffic accident in New York in the last decade, According to an analysis of state transportation data from the Times Union.
A few days later, a 44-year-old Latino cyclist died after a school bus driver hit him in Borough Park, Brooklyn (NYC).
The authorities remember that there is zero tolerance for drivers who drive at excess speed and/or under the influence of alcohol and drugs.. Cyclists and motorcyclists are also frequent protagonists of road accidents, as victims and perpetrators, walking on the sidewalks, disrespecting traffic lights and even the direction of the streets.
In October 2024, several NYC streets began to have reduced speed limits due to the entry into force of the so-called Sammy’s Legislation, in honor of a 12-year-old boy who was killed by a driver near his home in Brooklyn (NYC).
In December 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul signed “Angelica’s Law,” intended to keep drivers with prior suspensions off the road by charging repeat offenders with a felony after committing five or more traffic violations that resulted in suspensions or revocations.