According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, 41-year-old Gregory Jackson was arrested for criminally negligent homicide following an incident that occurred on Thursday, where a 15-year-old boy named Eduardo Romero Flores was hit and killed by a semi-truck while getting off a Livingston ISD school bus.
The incident shut down US-59 north of Livingston throughout the evening. Authorities said a Livingston ISD school bus was heading northbound when it stopped in the outside lane with its flashing red lights and stop sign extended to drop off a student.
A Toyota, driven by 28-year-old Autumn Witt from Lufkin, was behind the school bus when a northbound semi-truck hit the back of that car. Then, DPS said the truck, driven by Jackson, veered right and hit the teen in a driveway.
Flores died at the scene. Jackson and the Toyota driver were not injured. Jackson was employed by Livingston Trucking, which has been involved in seven crashes over the past two years, according to records. Three of those crashes resulted in injuries.
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