Woman killed after school bus, car collide in Lakewood

A woman is dead after a school bus and a car crashed in Lakewood, near the border of Cerritos, sending the car onto the sidewalk and into the woman’s bicycle.

The crash at Norwalk and Del Amo boulevards occurred at about 8:25 a.m. when the bus tried to run from westbound Del Amo to southbound Norwalk, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

At that point, a black Honda sedan headed east on Del Amo ran a red light and hit the bus, then veered onto a sidewalk, where it hit an elderly woman on a stopped bicycle, the Sheriff’s Department said.

The woman died as a result.

No one else was injured, though the bus driver was transported to a local hospital for nxiety.

The Honda driver is not believed to have been intoxicated at the time.

In a statement, the ABC Unified School District deferred comment on “specific facts” to the Sheriff’s Department, though a spokesperson confirmed no students were involved.

“We are providing supports through our mental health professionals for students who may have witnessed this tragic accident,” the statement added.

Nidia Becerra and Chip Yost contributed to this report.

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