The driver had expired in Boston at the time of the deadly school bus accident, say officials, say officials

The man who drove a school bus who scored and killed a 5-year-old boy in Boston at the end of the last month had a school bus certificate at the time of the collision and has resigned since then, Boston Public Schools confirmed on Thursday afternoon.

The 5 -year -old Lens Arthur Joseph was hit by a bus in Boston Public Schools near the 107 Washington St. on April 28. The child died later in a hospital that day.

Jean Charles, the bus driver, had been employed by Transdev since May 2023, and commissioned the company for the transport for public schools in Boston. Charles resigned on Wednesday immediately before a hearing. He was on leave after the crash.

An investigation of the collision by the Suffolk County public prosecutor and the police in Boston continues. Charles was not charged with a crime.

After the bus driver Joseph, who tried the street with his 11-year-old cousin with his 11-year-old cousin, tried the street, the bus driver tried to flee from the scene, according to the police radio calls that the Boston Globe had received.

Transdev is responsible for the hiring, training and employment of bus drivers as well as for the required licensing, training and certification, said the school district. Only after the collision that Joseph had killed did the Boston Public Schools learn that Charles' school bus certificate had expired.

At the time of the crash, Charles had the “necessary qualifications” to renew his school bus certificate, and Transdev asked him to renew him. The Boston Public Schools said that it did not duplicate the license check process that transdev carried out for its employees “.

After the crash, Boston Public Schools and Transdev added the meetings of the daily operations management meetings for security management to “report on all security incidents”. The company brought additional security personnel to Boston and “accelerated regular refresher training for all drivers when picking up, submitting and accident protocols”.

“We endeavor to deliver a complete accounting and learn from this tragedy to ensure that nothing like that ever happens again,” said the district in an explanation.

A spokesman for the public schools in Boston called Joseph's death as “terrible tragedy that no family has to endure”.

The city and the district have worked to support Joseph's family and the school community, said the spokesman.

“We mourn the death of Lens Joseph and mourn his family at this terrible time,” the spokesman continued.