A 73-year-old man died Thursday night after crashing a Prince George’s County Public Schools bus into a tree in Cheltenham, Maryland.
The Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department said it responded near the intersection of U.S. Route 301 and Frank Tippett Road at about 9:33 p.m. Thursday, finding the bus and the driver, whom authorities pronounced dead at the scene, according to WUSA-TV.
The Maryland State Police identified the dead driver as Kyi Swe, 73, of Pikesville, according to WDVM-TV. He was the sole occupant on board.
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Fire officials said the bus belongs to the county school system but was being operated as a charter, according to WUSA-TV.
The police are still investigating the circumstances behind the fatal crash.
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