The school bus driver in Boston had expired before a crash in which 5-year-old boys were killed

The school bus driver who is involved in the accident that Killed a 5-year-old boy In Boston last month. The city's public schools and Boston said that driver Jean Charles had an expired school bus license at the time of the incident.

On April 28, 5-year-old Lens Joseph from the bus in the Washington Street was hit in Hyde Park. He was a kindergarten teacher at the Up Academy in Dorchester.

His uncle told WBZ-TV-Lens when he tried to cross the street after he had been dropped off the school bus.

Charles was employed by Transdev. As part of his contract with the public schools in Boston, Transdev employees, training and is responsible for ensuring that the drivers have the necessary training and certification, the city said.

“The death of a child is a terrible tragedy that no family has to endure,” said a spokesman for the public schools in Boston. “In the hours immediately after the tragedy, BPS transport and Transdev worked with the prosecution on site and transdev brought the driver on vacation immediately.”

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A hearing for a proper procedure was planned on Wednesday, but Charles resigned shortly before the start, said the city and BPS.

Transdev notified BPS that Charles had an expired school bus judgment after the crash. He had the necessary qualifications to renew it, but not. Charles had worked at Transdev since May 2023.

An investigation of the crash continues and is headed by the district prosecutor of Suffolk and the police in Boston.

The city and the BPS said they had worked on supporting the Joseph family and the Up Academy Dorchester School Community.