MINNEAPOLIS — A man was struck and killed by a Minneapolis school bus early Monday morning, according to police.
In a press release, officials said a man, identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner as 27-year-old Josue Perez, of Minneapolis, was walking west on East 28th Street and was struck by a bus turning left from East 28th Street onto Cedar Avenue South.
Police said they responded to the area around 6:45 Monday morning and found the Perez dead under the small bus.
The adult bus driver and an 8-year-old boy riding the bus weren't hurt. Officers said the driver is cooperating with police.
Perez's cause of death was determined to be an accident due to multiple blunt force injuries and mechanical asphyxia.
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