DOYLESTOWN BOROUGH, PA — A 68-year-old pedestrian was struck by a bus and killed Monday afternoon at the Bucks County Free Library in Doylestown.
According to the Central Bucks Regional Police Department, the pedestrian was crossing the circle in front of the library around 3 p.m. when they were hit by a Bucks County Transport bus traveling around the circle.
The pedestrian was transported to Penn Medicine Doylestown Health, where they were pronounced dead.
The Central Bucks Regional Police Department and the Bucks County District Attorney's Office crash team are investigating the accident.
This is the second reported fatality this year involving a bus operated by Bucks County Transport, a private, non-profit corporation that provides shared ride transportation services for Bucks County residents.
The Bucks County District Attorney's Office is continuing to investigate the death of an 83-year-old Doylestown man who was struck by a Bucks County Transport bus in the parking lot of Grundy Hall in August.
Doylestown Township Police responded to the retirement home located off of Easton Road on August 12 at 9:21 p.m. for an accident.
Police did not release details of the accident, the identity of the driver, or the victim, and the DA's office said it will not be releasing any information until it has completed its investigation.
The man who was struck was taken to Abington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead by the Montgomery County Coroner's office.
According to the coroner's office, Ronald Davenport died from multiple blunt force injuries as a result of the accident. He was 83-years-old.
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