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Bus hits home, killing 6-year-old

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – A transit bus hit a pedestrian and then slammed into a suburban New York City house, killing a 6-year-old boy who was inside the home.

Eleven people on the bus suffered minor injuries.

Police said the Nassau Inter County Express bus plowed into the multi-family home in Hempstead, on Long Island around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Six-year-old David Granados was pronounced dead at a hospital, and police say his 7-year-old brother had minor injuries.

There were about 20 people on the bus.

In a separate incident on Long Island, a 35-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a transit bus about 5 p.m. The woman died at the scene. There were no other injuries.

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