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Child struck by bus in Sheboygan

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At 3:58 p.m. Thursday, officers from the Sheboygan Police Department were dispatched to a crash involving a Sheboygan County Head Start school bus and a 2-1/2 year old child.

The bus had just let off students in the parking lot of the Sunnyside Townhouses.

The child that was struck had not been on the bus, but ran toward the bus as it was pulling away. The driver was not able to see the child and the bus struck him. The driver stopped when he was alerted by witnesses.

The initial investigation has not shown any evidence of driver negligence. The child was transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. The investigation is ongoing.