SCHOOL BUS KILLS QUEENS GIRL ON WAY TO SCHOOL

From: New York attorney Gary E. Rosenberg (personal injury and accident attorney and lawyer; serving Brooklyn Queens Bronx; Queens Accident Lawyer)

An honors student was struck and killed by a school bus Thursday morning, December 4, 2008, as she crossed the street on the way to catch the Q88 city bus to school.

Jasmine Paragas, 14, a freshman at Francis Lewis High School in Queens, suffered head injury when she was struck at 8:10 a.m. - while crossing 57th Avenue at 90th Street in Elmhurst, a few blocks from her home. She died from her injuries at Elmhurst Hospital.

At the time of the accident the bus was making a left turn onto 57th Street and the teenager was crossing along the crosswalk. It was carrying four persons to an adult education class.

The driver of the bus, George Severino of Brooklyn, was issued three summonses by police -- two for equipment failure and a third for failing to yield to a pedestrian. 

The girl had emigrated to the United States with her parents five years ago, from the Philippines

No criminal charges are expected to be filed.