MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A boy who was riding a scooter collided with a school bus Wednesday morning in northwest Miami-Dade, first responders confirmed to Local 10 News.
The crash was reported just before 7:30 a.m. in the area of Northwest 122nd Street and 27th Avenue, near a school bus transportation center.
Surveillance video obtained by Local 10 News shows the bus driver preparing to turn onto 27th Avenue.
The scooter rider and bus driver both stop. But just as the child on the scooter kicked off, the bus rolled forward, colliding with the scooter.
Detective Samantha Choon, with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, said the scooter struck the side of the school bus.
The boy was seen limping off the roadway as good Samaritan Nelson Ortiz exited the bus to check on him.
“I went across the street, and I see the scooter and the kid lying down by the tree,” Ortiz told Local 10’s Roy Ramos. “I went over there and I asked the kid if he was alright, and he said, ‘Yeah, you need to call somebody.’”
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials told Local 10 that they transported the child to a trauma center after the crash.
“He had a little bruises and rub marks on his face and stuff like that, but I heard that the truck ran over his foot,” said Ortiz.
As the child continues to recover from those injuries, investigators are working to determine who had the right of way at the time of Wednesday’s collision.
According to Miami-Dade County Public Schools, no students were onboard the bus at the time.
A nearby business owner told Local 10 that this isn’t the first time an accident has occurred in front of the transportation center, as a scooter was struck by a bus just a couple months ago.
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