Both the 11-year-old bicyclist who died and a Montgomery County school bus driver were deemed at fault in a fatal collision Oct. 9, 2025 at the intersection of Bauer Drive and Russett Road.
According to an investigation by Montgomery County police, the Montgomery County Public Schools bus driver was headed east on Bauer Drive and turning right onto southbound Russett Road when she collided with Summer Lim, an Earle B. Wood Middle School student.
According to police, Lim was riding east on the sidewalk along Bauer Drive and then attempted to cross Russett Road while the bus was already in the intersection and turning right onto southbound Russett Road
Lim was riding her bicycle eastbound on the sidewalk along Bauer Drive prior to the collision. She attempted to cross Russett Road while the school bus was already occupying the intersection and turning right onto southbound Russett Road.
The bus driver stopped but then moved forward approximately 27 feet before coming to a complete stop, according to police.
The bus driver, 55-year-old Ivan Rivas of Rockville, has been employed with Montgomery County Public Schools since 2001 and had driven the same route for more than 15 years.
The case was presented to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, and Rivas has been cited with one count of negligent driving, contributing to a fatal accident. A trial is set for Feb. 24 at Montgomery County District Court in Rockville.
When police arrived on the scene, they found Lim near the rear of the bus. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Other students from the middle school were on the bus, according to police. There were no reported injuries to those students or the bus driver. After the collision, the students were transferred to a different bus and taken to a reunification location.
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