It’s one of those situations where we have to act now so that parents feel safe when they’re sending their kids to and from school.”

The little boy who was hit and killed by a school bus in Boston was identified by his family Tuesday as 5-year-old Lens Arthur.He was hit by the bus on Washington Street in Hyde Park Monday afternoon on his way home from kindergarten at the UP Academy Charter School.

An investigation into the accident is ongoing, Police Commissioner Michael Cox said, and the bus driver has been cooperating with authorities.