CLEARWATER, Fla. — A woman was run over by a bus on Sept. 27 after she lost her footing trying to get the driver's attention, Clearwater public safety officials said.
The victim was identified as Angela Wymer, 39, of Clearwater.
WATCH: Clearwater woman dies after falling under bus, city officials said
According to the Clearwater Police Department (CPD), the incident happened just before 7 p.m. in the parking lot of Clearwater Mall in the 2700 block of Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard.
The preliminary investigation showed that Wymer was trying to get the attention of the driver of a Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority bus by banging on the side of the vehicle as it pulled away from the stop.
She then lost her footing and fell underneath the rear wheel well of the bus, officials said.
Wymer was pronounced dead at the scene.
Saudi flight from Tampa, secret FBI probe reveal possible Saudi support network for 9/11 hijackers
Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks, more than 80,000 records compiled by the Tampa FBI Field Office remain classified. Newly declassified documents are pointing to a possible secret Saudi support network for the hijackers. Soon after the attacks, the FBI uncovered that 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.
