A 4-year-old Brooklyn boy was struck and killed by a school bus this morning in front of his home after slipping on ice, police and witnesses said.
Amron Altman was fatally struck at 8:05 a.m. at 13th Avenue and 49th Street in Borough Park after he slipped on a patch of frozen snow and slid under one of the bus’ rear tires, police said.
“It’s a tragedy for all of us,” said Rabbi Bernard Freilich, a community activist in the largely Jewish neighborhood. “It’s every mother’s worst nightmare.”
Cops said the bus driver had circled the block once after he didn’t see the boy or his 13-year-old brother waiting at the curb.
Witnesses said Altman was run down by the Yeshiva school bus’ rear wheel after the driver had pulled up in front of the boy’s home a second time.
The driver, who appeared shaken after the accident, didn’t realize at first that he’d struck the child until witnesses made him aware of it.
The driver was not charged with any crime.
Paramedics tried in vain to revive the boy, who died a short time later.