"Officers responded to a vehicle collision at 23rd Avenue and Bath Avenue at 3:05 p.m. The NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad determined that "a 2018 Blue Bird school bus, operated by a 62-year-old male, was traveling southbound on 23rd Avenue, making a right turn onto westbound Bath Avenue when he struck an 11-year-old female pedestrian." One person was arrested in connection with the crash."
"The girl - identified by police as Amira Aminova of Bensonhurst - was "crossing Bath Avenue, in the marked crosswalk, from the south corner to the north corner," when she was hit. She sustained "severe trauma" to her head and body, authorities said. Emergency medical services transported the girl to Maimonides Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. Authorities said the driver did not remain on scene."
An 11-year-old girl, Amira Aminova of Bensonhurst, was struck and killed by a school bus while crossing Bath Avenue in a marked crosswalk in Bath Beach. The collision occurred at 3:05 p.m. at 23rd Avenue and Bath Avenue when a 2018 Blue Bird school bus turning right struck the child. The driver, identified as 62-year-old Wawa Aurelus of East Flatbush, did not remain on scene and was later arrested. He faces charges of failing to yield to a pedestrian or bicyclist and failure to exercise due care. Emergency medical services transported the girl to Maimonides Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. The NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad is handling the investigation.
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