Funeral Held For Brooklyn Boy Hit By School Bus

An four-year-old Brooklyn boy is being laid to rest this afternoon, hours after he was fatally struck by his school bus.

Police say Amron Altman was waiting for his school bus on 13th
Avenue at 49th Street in Borough Park just after 8 a.m. when he was hit by the bus. The bus driver was unaware he hit anyone and continued driving.
The bus driver, who worked for a private company, was alerted of what happened and then returned to the scene.
Police believe Altman, who was standing with his older brother, may have slipped on some ice and slid under the bus getting hit by the rear tire.
"The child was waiting for the bus and then slipped, you know when you slip on ice you can slip four or five feet," said local resident Gill Hoffman. "And this is what happened."
"To have a young child, who I believe was going to be five-years-old in a couple of days, to have this happen when the child was on the way to school, what is there to say?" Assemblyman Dov Hikind said with a sigh.
The 32-year-old bus driver did pass an alcohol test. No criminality is suspected and he is not expected to be charged.