The mother and child killed while walking to school in Mamaroneck on Thursday have been identified as Molly Donovan and 6-year-old Michael Donovan Volpe.
MAMARONECK , N.Y. -- A Westchester County community is mourning a mother and child killed Thursday while walking to school.Molly Donovan, 43, and 6-year-old Michael Donovan Volpe were struck by a school bus and killed Thursday morning as they were crossing Mamaroneck Avenue.CBS New York's Tony Aiello spoke with the little boy's heartbroken grandfather.Molly Donovan, 6-year-old Michael Donovan Volpe killed in school bus accidentThomas Volpe Sr.
Police say at the time of the accident, Donovan and her son were in the crosswalk with the right-of-way, but a bus driver turning left somehow didn't see them.'How could that be? How could that be? He's a bus driver,' Volpe said.'You're trying to understand?' Aiello asked.'No, I'm not trying to understand. I'm in disbelief ... There were other people in the crosswalk. How could you not see them?' Volpe said.
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