{"id":255798,"date":"2026-05-02T20:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255798\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T20:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:45:07","slug":"driver-cited-after-passing-school-bus-nearly-hitting-child-in-florida-suburb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255798\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver cited after passing school bus, nearly hitting child in Florida suburb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RIVERVIEW, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida driver\u2019s risky move nearly had deadly consequences as a child boarded a stopped school bus, deputies say.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/search?find=Hillsborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>, the incident happened on April 17 along Simmons Loop in Riverview. Investigators say a driver illegally passed a stopped school bus while students were getting on \u2014 narrowly missing a child.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say a Notice of Violation has since been issued.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/palm-beach-county-begins-construction-on-new-westlake-elementary-school-palm-beach-county-schools-westlake-elementary-school-new-school-construction-florida-westlake-florida-school-palm-beach-county-groundbreaking-2027-school-opening-new-elementary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Palm Beach County Schools begins construction on new Westlake elementary school<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials stressed the seriousness of the situation, saying the outcome could have been far worse.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you ignore a stopped school bus, you are gambling with a child\u2019s life,\u201d said Chad Chronister. \u201cThere is no excuse for this behavior. Slow down, stay alert, and stop when the bus stops.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RIVERVIEW, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida driver\u2019s risky move nearly had deadly consequences as a child boarded a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-255798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}