A Broward County Public Schools bus driver was struck and killed by a fellow bus driver Wednesday in Pompano Beach, officials said.<\/p>\n
The incident happened at around 5:30 a.m. at the bus depot on Northwest 18th Street, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n
A bus driver was leaving the gas pumps and made a U-turn in his school bus to go through the parking lot, investigators said.<\/p>\n
At the same time, another Broward bus driver, identified as 69-year-old Alfred Desmandes, crossed into the path of that bus and was struck, BSO said.<\/p>\n
Paramedics transported Desmandes to Broward Health North Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. He died the next day at the hospital.<\/p>\n
The driver told investigators he didn’t see Desmandes walking across because the parking lot lights were not illuminated.<\/p>\n
“The family\u2019s upset, very upset, very upset,” said Lundy Accime, Desmandes’ cousin.<\/p>\n
Investigators said excessive speed and impairment were not contributing factors in the crash, and it remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like for the other driver to be held accountable at this point,” Accime said.<\/p>\n
The driver will be reassigned from driving duties as the investigation continues, Broward County Public Schools officials said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are heartbroken by the tragic incident that occurred at the North Area Transportation Terminal on Wednesday, September 9,” Superintendent Howard Hepburn said in a statement. “District staff is cooperating fully with the Broward Sheriff’s 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Broward County Public Schools bus driver was struck and killed by a fellow bus driver Wednesday in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[506,249,251,250],"class_list":["post-397233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-broward-county","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397233","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=397233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}