Amira Aminova, a 11-year-old girl, was killed after she was struck by a school bus while crossing the street in Brooklyn. According to a report in The New York Times, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred the afternoon of Feb. 5 when the girl who had been waiting at the edge of a busy intersection in the Bath Beach neighborhood started going across the crosswalk when a walk sign turned into a flashing red hand with a countdown timer.
Ongoing Investigation
The bus driver, who was making a right turn did not yield to the girl who was crossing the street and ended up striking her, the Times reports based on surveillance video of this fatal pedestrian accident. Amira was less than 200 feet away from her home, police said. The driver of the school bus, identified as 62-year-old Wawa Aurelus, was accused of leaving the scene after the collision.
He faces misdemeanor charges including failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to exercise due care. Police said the girl suffered severe injuries to her head and body. She was transported to Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park where she was pronounced dead. We offer our deepest condolences to the family of Amira Aminova for their tragic and heartbreaking loss. They will be in our prayers.
Child Traffic Deaths in NYC
Sadly, this tragic incident adds to the list of fatal collisions in city neighborhoods involving buses. Four years ago, a 15-year-old girl in the Midwood neighborhood in Brooklyn was killed after she was hit. That bus driver, who also fled the scene, told police he did not realize he had hit the girl. In 2020, a 10-year-old girl was killed in East New York, also in Brooklyn, while she was in the crosswalk and a bus driver made a right turn. Since 2014, when New York launched its Vision Zero initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities, at least 27 children have been killed while walking to or from school, according to data from Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group that tracks traffic deaths.
Contacting an Experienced Lawyer
If you or a loved one has been injured in a pedestrian accident, or if you have lost a loved one in an auto accident caused by a negligent (careless) driver, the experienced New York personal injury attorneys at the Law Offices of Kenneth A. Wilhelm can help you better understand your legal rights and options, and also fight hard to recover just compensation for you. It is in the best interest of injured victims and their families in such cases to contact an experienced personal injury lawyer before contacting the people responsible for the injuries, and definitely before contacting or communicating with any insurance company, or their lawyers, investigators, or adjusters.
Pedestrian accident victims and their families should remember that they can seek compensation for injuries or losses in collisions even if the victim was not walking in a marked crosswalk and even if the driver involved in collision was not charged. Our law firm recovered the full one-million-dollar insurance policy for a girl who was not in the crosswalk when a motor vehicle hit her.
For over 54 years, our skilled accident attorneys have established a proven track record of helping injured victims get fair compensation for their losses. Our law firm recently recovered $5,600,000 for a bicyclist who was hit by a van, and $2,550,000 for another victim of a truck accident, and $3,000,000 for a pedestrian who was hit by a car, and $2,000,000 in a hit-and-run accident, and the full $1,000,000 insurance policy for a pedestrian who was hit by a truck, and $4,625,000 for a driver who was in a car and was hit by a van, and $2,500,000 for a man who fell through an improperly secured hole. We also recovered $1,500,000 for a lady who was hurt by a bus.
We also obtained $295,000 out of a $300,000 insurance policy in compensation for the victim of a bicycle dooring accident (where a car door opens into the path of a bicyclist). One of our clients obtained a verdict for $43,940,000 and another of our clients got a verdict for $23,500,000, both in medical malpractice cases. Also, we got a $1,400,000 verdict in a motorcycle accident.
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