Truck Driver Arrested for Fatally Running Over Student Exiting School Bus

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Truck Driver Arrested for Fatally Running Over Student Exiting School Bus
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An 18-wheeler driver, identified as Gregory Jackson, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide after allegedly hitting and killing a 15-year-old student, Eduardo Romero Flores, who was getting off a Livingston ISD school bus in Texas. The incident occurred when the bus stopped to drop off a student, and the truck hit a Toyota car before veering right and hitting the teenager. The driver of the Toyota and Jackson were uninjured. Jackson was employed by Livingston Trucking, a company with a history of crashes. The school district expressed condolences and plans to review the safety of the route.

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