A new report is shedding light on what happened when a school bus hit and killed a young student in South Jersey last month. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report on the crash that happened on Friday, May 8 on Thursday, June 4. In the report, officials explain that a school bus was carrying 28 students who ranged in age from Kindergarten to fifth grade from Broad Street Elementary School as well as the 48-year-old driver. It was around 3:38 p.m. on May 8 when the driver was going northbound on Bennett Street in Gibbstown, New Jersey, and stopped just south of the intersection with Ashton Drive, the NTSB said. The bus unloaded students at this stop, officials said. A 7-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl got off and started to walk north on the sidewalk until they got to the corner to cross the street. As the two students started to cross Ashton Drive, the bus driver started to make a right turn onto Ashton Drive when it hit the boy, according to the NTSB. The boy, later identified by police as Hunter Smith, died from his injuries. The other students and the bus driver were not hurt in the crash. Gloucester County May 17 Gloucester County community holds vigil for boy struck and killed by school bus New Jersey May 11 South Jersey community rallies around family of boy fatally hit by school bus New Jersey May 9 School district offers resources after child fatally hit by bus in South Jersey New Jersey May 8 Child dies after being hit by school bus in South Jersey on Friday, police say Holcomb, the bus company involved, said in a statement back in May that it is launching an internal review to determine what happened and prevent future tragedies. Read the full statement below: “The Holcomb organization is deeply concerned about the serious accident involving one of our school buses earlier today. Our thoughts are with everyone affected, and we are focused on supporting them in every way we can. We are fully cooperating with all relevant authorities as they work to determine the circumstances surrounding this incident. Safety has always been our highest priority, and we take this event extremely seriously. In addition to the official investigation, we have launched our own internal review to understand exactly what happened and to ensure that every appropriate measure is taken moving forward. We are committed to transparency and to doing everything necessary to prevent an incident like this from happening again,” Frank Patrinicola, Director of Safety and Risk, wrote. ...read more read less