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SEARCHJuan DelValle is taken off life support by his family after he was beaten into a coma by a driver whose car he clipped with his bus. The driver reportedly punched DelValle so hard his head slammed on the road when he got out of his bus to survey the damage.
NEW YORK — A school bus driver who was beaten into a coma by another motorist was taken off life support Friday, according to a story on MSNBC.com.
On June 11, Juan DelValle was knocked to the pavement by the driver of a double-parked car that he damaged with his bus. When he got out of the bus to survey the damage — the bus clipped the car’s mirror — the driver began punching him so hard his head slammed on the road.
DelValle had been driving a school bus for 10 years and was preparing to retire at the end of this school year.
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