A 19-year-old found unresponsive and alone on a school bus has been identified as a special needs student who regularly rode the bus to his home in Whittier.
The student, who was found slumped in the bus' aisle and pronounced dead after lifesaving efforts failed, was identified as Hun Joon Lee, according to Los Angeles County Coroner’s Lt. David Smith.
Police arrived about 4:23 p.m. Friday at the Sierra Education Center to find several bus drivers attempting CPR on the young man. The officers took over the lifesaving effort, without success. Lee was pronounced dead about 10 minutes after police arrived.