A funeral was held in Monsey just hours after the girl’s death. News 4’s Sarah Wallace reports.
Mourners gathered in a New York community on Friday afternoon to grieve the loss of a 5-year-old girl, struck and killed by a school bus only hours early.
The young victim had just been dropped off by a school bus near her Spring Valley home when she was hit, local authorities said. It happened around 10:30 a.m.
The heartbreaking scene played out on South Madison Avenue as first responders carefully removed the girl's body and investigators began their work to determine what happened.
A bus driver not connected to the incident stopped by the scene in the afternoon on his way to work, clearly shaken by what had happened.
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"It could be my kids," Jeanmiou Hosty said.
Family and friends gathered at Satmar Shul around 2 p.m., including Elishiva Nasri, who lives below the young girl's family.
"I woke up in the morning and I looked out the window and saw what was going on, and then I heard the crying and screaming," Nasri said. "It was very painful."
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The morning fatal school bus crash comes just weeks after a Jan. 22 bus crash that killed another young student. Both incidents are under investigation.
