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Update: Special needs student found dead on school bus in Whittier
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Update at 9:57 a.m.: The student has been identified as 19-year-old Hun-Joon Lee by the Los Angeles County Coroner's office, and the police are investigating the death as suspicious, NBC4 reports.
Previously: A special needs student has died after he was found unresponsive on a school bus in Whittier Friday afternoon.
Officers arrived on scene to find bus drivers performing CPR on the student shortly before 4:30 p.m., according to a statement from the Whittier Police Department. The police then took over, but could not revive the student. He was pronounced dead not long after the Los Angeles County Fire Department arrived on scene.
From the Whittier Daily News:
Few details were initially available regarding the incident as the investigation continued late Friday afternoon.
It was unclear exactly how long the student had been on the parked bus, or why he did not get off with the other students when it arrived at the district office. Also unclear was what school the young man attended.
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