2200 block of Northwest 18th Street<\/a> in Pompano Beach, BSO spokesperson Claudinne Caro-Guaraldi said in an email.<\/p>\nSteven Becker, 68, of Boca Raton, was driving a bus away from the gas pumps on the east side of the facility and made a U-turn to travel through the parking lot, the Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a news release.<\/p>\n
As Becker made the turn, Alfred Desmandes, 69, of Margate, was walking across the dark parking lot, and Becker told detectives he did not see the man, the news release said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe investigation showed that Desmandes crossed into the path of the bus causing him to be struck by the front driver\u2019s side,\u201d according to the Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
Desmandes was also a school bus driver, Broward County Public Schools spokesperson Keyla Concepci\u00f3n confirmed in an email Friday.<\/p>\n
Desmandes was taken by Pompano Beach Fire Rescue to Broward Health North Medical Center, where he later died, BSO said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this time, neither excessive speed nor impairment are considered contributing factors in this crash,\u201d the Sheriff\u2019s Office said Friday.<\/p>\n
In a prepared statement Concepci\u00f3n shared with the Sun Sentinel, Superintendent Howard Hepburn said: \u201cWe are heartbroken by the tragic incident that occurred at the North Area Transportation Terminal on Wednesday, Sept. 9. District staff is cooperating fully with the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office on its investigation and crisis counselors are providing support to those grieving the loss of a beloved coworker. Our thoughts are with the individuals, families and loved ones affected by this devastating tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Detectives are still investigating.<\/p>\n
This is a developing story, so check back for updates.\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0to have breaking news alerts sent directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Broward County school bus driver has died after he was hit by another school bus driver early…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[3337,506,112,28,249,251,250,114,115,557,8928,109],"class_list":["post-397171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-boca-raton","tag-broward-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-florida","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-news","tag-palm-beach-county","tag-pompano-beach","tag-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397171","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=397171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}