Boy, 5, fatally struck by school bus in New York state

A 5-year-old boy has died after being struck by a school bus in Kiryas Joel, N.Y.

The New York Post reports that Efrayim Yaakov Lebowitz was struck by the bus Sunday morning on Seven Springs Road between Forest Road and Rovina Court.

The Mid Hudson News reports that the school bus that allegedly struck the child is operated by Emes Transportation of Spring Valley and was transporting children on behalf of the Sheri Torah School, a non-public Jewish school that was operating on Sunday.