Boy getting off school bus hospitalized after being hit by car: Tampa police

The Brief

  • An 8-year-old is recovering after being hit by a car while exiting a school bus on Friday, according to the Tampa Police Department.
  • Investigators say that a school bus had deployed its stop signs when the driver of a black Lexus sedan tried passing the bus and struck the boy.
  • It happened at the intersection of E Yukon St. and Greenwood Ave. just after 4:15 p.m.

TAMPA An 8-year-old boy was injured after being hit by a car while getting off a school bus just after 4:15 p.m. on Friday, according to the Tampa Police Department.

The backstory:

Investigators say that a school bus had deployed its stop signs at the intersection of E Yukon St. and Greenwood Ave. when the driver of a black Lexus sedan tried passing the bus and struck the boy.

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