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Family, community to hold vigil on birthday for local student killed by school bus

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — Classmates of a local student who was killed in a crash on Monday are gathering Thursday on what would have been his 18th birthday.

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Sherman Vannoy was riding his bike to school when a bus attempting to turn into the school drive hit him.

The crash happened on North Hancock Road just at an entrance to Lake Minneola High School.

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After Vannoy was hit by the bus he was taken to a hospital where he died.

The Lake County school district said the bus driver has been put on leave and will no longer be driving buses for the district.

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A growing memorial to Vannoy now sits as the crash site.

Investigators said they are still investigating the crash as an active traffic homicide.

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The community is planning to honor Vannoy on Thursday night at 8 p.m. with a candlelight vigil.

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