Frances McClellan, the 81-year-old driver who reportedly pulled in front of a bus last Wednesday in Darien, succombed on Thursday to critical injuries suffered in the crash, according to State Police.
She was being treated for head trauma at Erie County Medical Center, where she was taken by Mercy Flight following the acccident on Route 20 at Tinkham Road.
The sole passenger on the bus, Stephen Smith, 58, of Bath, suffered a minor leg injury and was treated at the scene. Bus driver Jeremy Hill, 34, of Bath, was not injured.
How very sad. I find it so
How very sad. I find it so tragic that someone survives through 81 years in this world of chaos, wars, cultural changes, etc, and then one error ends her life. When she was born, jets didn't exist, televisions weren't found in homes, polio had no cure, there were no modern antibiotics and the population of the US was 124,840,471. She survived so many difficulties and changes.
I stayed up to try and catch a few meteors on the camera when I read this and it just hit me. My condolences to her family.
I knew Frannie, My parents
I knew Frannie, My parents knew her quite well through church and senior bus trips. She was a wonderful person who was full of life. This is nothing less than tragic for many people in the Darien area. We lost a wonderful woman.