ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — One person has died after a Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority bus hit a pedestrian on an electric scooter late Tuesday morning.
Around 11:12 a.m. on Oct. 15, police said Deanna Leigh Grayston, 53, was driving a PSTA bus with 10 passengers onboard and heading westbound near the Pinellas Trail.
A pedestrian activated the trail crosswalk signal on 22nd Avenue North and started to cross. At the same time, a second pedestrian, a 65-year-old man on a motorized scooter, also attempted to cross.
Investigators said the PSTA bus failed to yield to pedestrian traffic at the trail crosswalk. The victim was transported to St. Petersburg Hospital - HCA Florida Healthcare, where he died from his injuries.
The PSTA bus, driven by Deanna Leigh Grayston, 53, was carrying ten passengers when it was involved in an accident. No one on the bus was injured in the accident.
The e-scooter driver's name has not been released.
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