9-year-old boy fatally struck by school bus in New York City

Updated 3 hours ago
NEW YORK -- A 9-year-old boy was fatally struck by a private school bus in New York City on Friday morning.

The bus was making a left turn from Lee Avenue to Lorimer Street in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood just after 8:15 a.m. local time when it struck the boy.

He was pronounced dead at scene.

The operator of the bus initially left the scene but returned. He apparently didn't realize he had struck the boy.
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