5-year-old boy fatally hit by a school bus in New York

A 5-year-old boy was fatally shot by a school bus on Sunday in the northern state of Kiryas Joel, according to reports.

Little Efrayim Yaakov Lebowitz was shot near Forest Road and Seven Springs Mont Road in the predominantly Hasidic Jewish village in Orange County, The Yeshiva World reported.

First responders rushed to the scene and attempted to revive the boy but failed, the outlet said.

A funeral was to take place next Sunday.

New York State Police did not immediately respond to a request for more information.

On Dec. 1, a Ribnitzer Jewish school bus filled with young schoolchildren rolled down a hill and crashed into a home in the Rockland County village of Spring Valley, police said.

The bus rammed two cars and crashed into a house, injuring at least six children.

In July, dozens of people were injured when a school bus overturned on the Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx. None of the injured were life threatening, officers said.