Mamaroneck accident near schools kills boy, mom NBC New York [Video]

A 6-year-old boy and his mother have died after being struck by a school bus as they walked to school in Westchester County Thursday, police said.

The boy was a kindergartener in Mamaroneck, according to the school district. The two were hit on Mamaroneck Avenue.

Neither his nor his mother’s name have been released. The area was shut down as police investigated. A mini school bus was spotted stopped in the middle of the road in front of the school, with caution tape blocking off the vicinity.

“There is nothing more difficult for a community to experience than the loss of life, and we know that everyone in the Mamaroneck and Larchmont communities is heartbroken by this news,” the school district said in part. “We also know that the death of a child is particularly difficult for other children to process. At this time, we have informed our staff of …