A 5-year-old girl died under the wheels of a school bus, which she had gotten off a minute earlier.

A heartbreaking incident occurred in the village of Spring Valley: school bus killed a 5-year-old girl. According to New York Post, the tragedy occurred a few minutes after the driver dropped off a child in the northern suburbs of New York.

Police say on Feb. 16, a bus driver picked up a group of children from a nearby yeshiva and dropped a 5-year-old girl off the bus near her home on South Madison Avenue. According to preliminary information, the bus driver did not see the child, and he was shocked by what happened.

Spring Valley resident Gene Focus doesn't understand how the driver could have missed the child.

“People should be careful with these buses. They need to see where the children are going. I don't even know how this happened. But how can you not notice a person crossing the street?” – Focus is perplexed.

Another local resident, Brian DeMasi, said the crash should lead to a lower speed limit.

“It's unfortunate. They're driving too fast down this street, too fast. They don’t slow down,” he said.

According to a family friend of the deceased girl, the funeral took place in the neighboring town of Monsey. It is unclear what caused the accident. The police are continuing their investigation. A month before this terrible tragedy, an 8-year-old boy, who was walking home from his yeshiva in the village of New Square, also located in the city of Ramapo, was killed in a bus accident.