Crime & Safety
School Bus Hits 84-Year-Old Pedestrian On TV Highway
The bus driver reportedly had the right-of-way when he struck a female octogenarian in a crosswalk while taking children to school Friday.
HILLSBORO, OR — A female pedestrian was hit by a school bus near Tualatin Valley Highway and Southeast Century Boulevard in Hillsboro Friday morning, Hillsboro police spokesman Sgt. Eric Bunday confirmed.
Bunday told Patch no children on the bus were injured when the bus driver, heading south, turned left from Southeast Century Boulevard onto the eastbound lanes of TV Highway just after 7:45 a.m. May 4.
An 84-year-old woman in the crosswalk, however, sustained serious injuries, Bunday said.
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The bus was apparently headed to Rosedale Elementary School.
The bus driver was reportedly turning on a green left turn signal and had the right-of-way. No citations have been issued, Bunday said.
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KGW News reporter Tim Gordon first announced the collision via Twitter just before 8 a.m. May 4.
Pedestrian appears to have been hit here at Tualatin Valley Highway in Century Boulevard. Just happened, emergency crews working. Traffic affected in area. @KGWNews @KGWTraffic pic.twitter.com/i5YoA3jVjR
— Tim Gordon (@TimGordonPDX) May 4, 2018
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