Crime & Safety
School Bus Driver Found Dead Near 147th & Cicero
The Cook County Medical Examiner is looking into what killed a private school bus driver Wednesday morning. Police said no children were on the bus when the driver was found.
UPDATE 3:48 p.m.
No children were present on a private school bus where the driver was found dead Wednesday morning, police said.
A Positive Connections school bus driver was found unresponsive at about 10:12 a.m. near 147th Street and Cicero Avenue, said Midlothian Deputy Police Chief Steve Zamiar. Paramedics pronounced the female driver dead at the scene.
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The bus was empty aside from the driver, police said.
"It was not coming from a school. It had no children on it," Zamiar said. He added that it was not connected with a school district.
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The driver, whose name has not yet been released, died before she made her expected run to Brother Rice High School, said Mike Straus, regional vice president for Positive Connections.
"She was starting her morning and hadn’t made her stops yet at all," Straus said.
The driver's coworkers told police that she had been off work due to health issues but returned recently.
The Cook County medical examiner is investigating the cause of death. The investigation into what happened is ongoing, police said.
Oak Forest residents contacted Patch about seeing a school bus involved in some kind of incident Wednesday morning at 147th and Cicero.
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