A Florida community is grieving the loss of a 15-year-old boy who was struck and killed by a school bus while riding his bicyicle to school Tuesday.

LAKELAND, Fla. (Gray News) – A 15-year-old in Florida was hit by a bus and killed while riding his bike Tuesday, according to authorities. The Lakeland Police Department said the boy was on his bicycle a few minutes before 7 a.m. when he attempted to cross Pipkin Road on his way to school.

A 15-year-old Central Florida Aerospace Academy student was killed in a fatal bus crash Tuesday morning. Lakeland Police Department responded to a call around 6:58 a.m. Tuesday reporting a traffic crash involving a bicyclist near 3900 West Pipkin Road,