The boy was hit when he got off the bus on his way home from school at around 2:45 p.m. Monday afternoon, authorities said.

A child heading home from school was struck and killed by a school bus in Hyde Park Monday afternoon, according to Boston Police and devastated officials who called the incident “incredibly tragic.” Boston police officers responded to a report of a child struck by a school bus at 107 Washington St.

The Boston Public Schools student killed in a pedestrian crash in the Hyde Park area of Boston on Monday has been identified as a 5-year-old boy, Boston police said Tuesday. At around 2:44 p.m., officers learned of a pedestrian struck by a school bus at 107 Washington St. in Hyde Park, Boston police said in a previous statement.