Bus driver of the public schools in Boston, who kicks and killed Lens Arthur – NBC Boston

The bus driver, who allegedly met a young schoolchildren in Boston in the city of Hyde Park of the city at the end of April, resigned on Wednesday before a planned hearing.

The Boston Globe reports that the driver identified as Jean Charles an employee of Transdev War-the bus provider of the district, who signed a five-year contract with BPS in 2023.

City and school officers also said on Wednesday that Charles, who drives BPS buses for two years, had an expired state certification on the day of the crash. School bus certificates are needed as part of the requirements to drive a school bus in Massachusetts, and Transdev had announced Charles that he had to renew his certification, but not.

The globe, citing civil servants who spoke on Wednesday, reports that Charles was subjected to drug and alcohol tests, and immediately after the crash, which took place on Monday, April 28th. He apparently made “unclear statements”, and witnesses could not be sure whether he understood or not what happened.

On the day of the crash, Charles was a replacement bus driver who had been re -assigned this unknown route because the Up Academy in Dorchester had early release on the first day of April.

The globe also reported that the bus that hit Lens Arthur also hit two parked cars in Mattapan before fled in front of the scene.

The officials rejected on Wednesday to comment on Charles' driving history, including the question of whether he was involved in other accidents or not while driving buses for public Boston schools.

The destroyed family of 5-year-old Lens Arthur has many questions about the bus driver from that of the boy's uncle is not her normal driver-and why the boy was not settled at his normal bus stop. Follow NBC10 Boston:

The von Lens family destroyed on the ground has announced that they have many questions about the bus driver who was not their normal driver and did not take off the children at their normal bus stop.

There had not been many updates when Mayor Michelle Wu only said on Tuesday that the driver was brought on vacation immediately after the fatal crash.

The investigators said that a school bus was beaten in the Washington Street in Hyde Park at around 2:45 a.m. this Monday afternoon at 2:45 a.m. He was with his 11-year-old cousin, who heard for help after the crash. Lens' Uncle said the boy tried to cross the street in front of the bus to get home when he was beaten.

Lens, a K-2 student at the Up Academy in Dorchester, was brought to Boston Children's Hospital, where he was declared dead.

Lens' family, in a statement on Wednesday that the globe received, said that the tragedy in Hyde Park “should have been completely avoided.”

“We endeavor to pursue justice for the families involved,” said lawyer Matthew Fogelman and Alan Klevan. “We are also striving to make changes to guidelines and procedures to ensure that something is as senseless as it never happens again.”

A little boy was hit and killed on Monday afternoon when he returned home from school.

Superintendent Mary Skipper spoke on Wednesday evening during a meeting of the school committee and said the district was working with Transdev to ensure that the bus drivers were appropriately trained and supported after this crash.

Some city councilors have also burdened. Erin Murphy said that investigators had had information about this case earlier and Edward Flynn gave new information in the case of “a troubling development”.