Chasidic Boy Dies in Horrific School Bus Accident

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WILLIAMSBURG (VINnews) – An eight year old Chasidic boy on his way to school lost his life this morning after a heartbreaking accident in Williamsburg.

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Sources told VIN News that Shimon Zev Fried was running to catch his bus just after 8:30 this morning when he was instead struck by the vehicle which pulled away, leaving him lying in the roadway. It appears that the driver of the bus did not see the boy as he ran towards the vehicle and was unaware that he had hit him.

Police said that the driver of an MTA B60 bus was driving on South 5th Street just east of Hooper Street when she noticed something in the roadway and realizing that it was a child, she pulled over to the side of the road. According to ABC News (https://7ny.tv/3bxIY7m), the bus arrived at the accident scene just two minutes after it happened, with the driver phoning dispatch which place the call to 911. The NYPD, Hatzolah and Chesed Shel Emes all responded to the accident and the boy, who had sustained traumatic injuries, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A statement released by MTA Bus Company president Craig Cipriano described the incident as a tragedy.

“Our hearts go out to the child’s family as well as to our colleague driving the B60 bus that came upon the scene and first discovered the horrible aftermath,” said Cipriano. “We are fully cooperating with the NYPD investigation and providing all possible support to the bus operator as she recovers from trauma.”

The driver of the school bus was later located and is cooperating with police at the 90th Precinct. Sergeant Robert Denig of the NYPD’s Highway Patrol’s Collision Investigation Squad said that the difficulty of his team’s work was further exacerbated by the circumstances of this accident.

“It’s always heartbreaking,” said Sergeant Denig. “And yes, when it’s a child, it’s that much more heartbreaking. It’s devastating.”


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Voice-of-Readon
Voice-of-Readon
3 years ago

An 8 year old child should not be on the street alone catching buses.

The_Truth
The_Truth
3 years ago

Boruch Dayan Emes

RUBY
RUBY
3 years ago

shever al shever , for a kid to be lying on ths street at 8am and not noticed in 10 seconds & than nebech to lie there for hours while the police do their work
who thinks that when your kid leaves in the morning he will chas veshalom come back in a box
for us readers there are 2 points

  1. to on some level feel the tzar of the family
  2. to spend time with our children the little time between coming home & bed time , shabbos … chaps arein , vechai bohem , starting this purim
the facts
the facts
3 years ago

A different article says that he was catching the bus with an older brother. Its not unreasonable to send two older kids to take a bus without an adult.

Instead of harping on the parents, lets instead teach our kids to be safe pedestrians. Never go in front of a bus or in its blind spot, dont walk out from between parked cars and never walk behind a car thats reversing.

UghSam
UghSam
3 years ago

And of course all the fear mongers are pointing fingers on the only ppl that are actually in pain to no end right now, for an 8 year old kid to go himself down to a bus, is definitely not so bad, it’s definitely a nice thing to do for your kids, it makes them feel special, but you don’t have to make a major scandal out of things that are clearly
accidents,

Moshey
Moshey
3 years ago

Stop blaming the parents for not being with their child I go through Williamsburg every morning most of these little kids are on their own and the buses drive like maniacs over there.BDE May the good Lord comfort the family

Yumi Santiago
Yumi Santiago
3 years ago

What possible excuse is there for not walking every child to the bus? Remember Leiby? Don’t people learn lessons?