Boston school bus driver resigns after crash that killed 5-year-old student: report

The bus driver who allegedly fatally struck a young Boston Public Schools student in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood in late April reportedly resigned Wednesday ahead of a scheduled termination hearing.

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

City and school officials also said Wednesday that Charles, who had been driving BPS buses for two years, had an expired state-required certification on the day of the crash, according to the Globe. School bus certificates are needed as part of the requirements to drive a school bus in Massachusetts, and Transdev had notified Charles that he needed to renew his certification but he did not…

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