According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, a Toyota passenger car was behind the school bus. A tractor-trailer was reportedly traveling northbound when it struck the rear of the car and veered to the right where the child was standing in the driveway.

The crash took place on U.S. Highway 59 just north of Livingston and killed a 15-year-old boy. The truck driver was arrested on a homicide charge.

A 15-year-old was struck and killed by an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer while exiting a school bus, Texas authorities say. The Texas Department of Public Safety said the 15-year-old died Thursday, Dec. 7,

Texas DPS Lieutenant Craig Cummings said that around 4:15 p.m. a Livingston ISD school bus was stopped and a 15-year-old freshman was getting off the bus. That's when, according t

Authorities said the 15-year-old had just exited the Livingston ISD bus on U.S. Route 59 when the deadly collision occurred