Pregnant pedestrian hit by bus
Witnesses claim woman was knocked over and lost consciousness after collision
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
A school bus hit a pregnant pedestrian
in Flatlands on April
5, according to witnesses.
“I saw this bus traveling
down E. 40th Street, making a
turn onto Kings Highway and
hitting a pregnant woman,
and pushing her for a couple
yards before she was fi nally
knocked over,” said Jane Lavaud.
The bus collided with the
woman as she was crossing
Kings Highway toward Flatlands
Avenue on foot shortly
after 4 p.m.
The woman fell to the
ground and appeared initially
to be unconscious, according
to Lavaud.
“She was unconscious for
a few moments before she fi -
nally came through and she
was trembling,” said Lavaud.
“She was still immoble when
paramedics arrived.”
Emergency responders
took the woman to Mount
Sinai Beth Israel hospital
shortly before 4:30 p.m.,
according to a police officer
HORRIFIC: Witnesses say a pregnant woman was hit by a bus at this
intersection of Kings Highway and E. 40th Street on April 5. Jane Lavaud
at the scene.
The woman’s condition is
not yet known.
Authorities have not released
the victim’s name, as
the investigation is ongoing.
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