Brooklyn School Buses Hit 2 Cyclists, 3rd Taken On Joy Ride: NYPD

BROOKLYN, NY — School buses wreaked havoc across Brooklyn Thursday when one fatally struck a cyclist, a second crashed into a dad biking with two kids and a third taken on a joy ride from Red Hook to Grand Army Plaza by a disgruntled employee, according to reports and police.

The last event of the day was the most tragic.

Cyclist Luis Perez-Ramirez, 44, was fatally struck by a school bus turning onto 41st Street from Fort Hamilton Parkway about 3:15 p.m., according to the NYPD.

The bus was full of students under the age of 5, the New York Daily News reported.

The fatal crash occurred just hours after a school bus and a bike collision on Bergen Street and Underhill Avenue left three people injured about 8 a.m. , the FDNY said.

Streetsblog reports a school bus struck a dad biking with two kids in Prospect Heights. The FDNY confirmed three people were hospitalized with minor injuries.

Lastly, in Red Hook, a recently fired employee swiped a school bus from the company's lot about 10:55 a.m., police said.

Robert Henry, 25, was eventually nabbed near Grand Army Plaza and charged with grand larceny, according to the NYPD.

Henry's mother told the Daily News the story was bogus, and that her son had not been fired before he got in the bus — but rather after he was already driving it.