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Source: Pedestrian that sparked fatal bus crash was drunk

Neighbors and witnesses react to the Hempstead bus

Neighbors and witnesses react to the Hempstead bus accident that killed a 6-year-old boy and injured several others Tuesday night. Videojournalists: Jim Staubitser and Network News Long Island (Nov. 28., 2012) (November 28, 2012 4:18 PM)

Investigators believe a pedestrian was drunk as he crossed a Hempstead Village street when a bus swerved to avoid him and slammed into a house, killing a 6-year-old boy inside, a source close to the investigation said Wednesday.

The NICE bus, with 11 passengers aboard, struck the 35-year-old Hempstead man at about 9:15 p.m., fracturing his skull, ribs and right clavicle before it barreled...

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