A woman from Vaughan has been charged after a six-year-old boy was fatally struck by the school bus she was driving over the summer .

York Regional Police officers were called to Pierre Berton Boulevard and Kleinburg Summit Way area, near Kipling Avenue and Teston Road, just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19.

Officers said the boy was hit by a school bus and suffered life-threatening injuries. The child was later pronounced dead. The driver remained at the scene.

Though authorities never identified the victim, to honour the life of Matteo Caputi. More than $200,000 have been raised to date.

“Matteo will always be remembered as a happy little boy who lit up the lives of everyone who was lucky enough to have known him,” the post reads.

, police officers said they charged a 65-year-old woman from Vaughan with dangerous operation causing death. No other details were immediately provided.

A YRP spokesperson said the bus driver was in the area to pick up children for school the morning of the incident. A neighbourhood resident who later spoke with CityNews mentioned that some community members had raised concerns about vehicles speeding in the area.

Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca issued a statement following news of the boy’s death, reading, in part, “no words that can adequately express our sympathy and condolences to the family, friends and classmates of this child.”