A 78-year-old school bus driver fatally struck a teen student who was riding a bicycle in a crosswalk near the school's entrance on Monday, authorities say
The teen was riding his bike on the sidewalk of Hancock Road when he approached the intersection, which has a stop sign, and entered a marked crosswalk, the agency said in a news release obtained by FOX35 Orlando.
The driver of the school bus, identified as a 78-year-old woman, was traveling southbound on Hancock Road and turned left before seeing the teen in the crosswalk, troopers said. When the driver saw the teen, authorities say she swerved left, striking the student and running off the road.The teen's bicycle can be seen in the street near a crosswalk at the site of a school bus crash in Clermont, Florida, early Monday.
The statement said the school district has grief counselors on hand at the school's campus this week for students or faculty members who need them. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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