By Canadian Press

U.S. doctor is identified as the man killed in crash involving Vancouver bus

Aug 16, 2017 | 3:15 PM

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Massachusetts hospital group says one of its doctors was the man killed by a bus while on vacation with his family in Vancouver.

The chief executive physician at Baystate Health in Springfield said in a statement to The Republican newspaper that Dr. Michael Plevyak died Sunday.

Vancouver police have confirmed that a 49-year-old man from Massachusetts was killed after getting struck by a bus that pulled away from a curb.

Police say the victim was with his family, and an elderly man and Plevyak’s 15-year-old daughter were also injured.

Plevyak lived in East Longmeadow, Mass., and worked in the hospital’s obstetrics-gynecology department.

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Chief physician executive Dr. Andrew Artenstein says Plevyak “leaves a legacy here as a beloved physician and educator.”

The crash remains under investigation.

Police said shortly after the crash that a group of people were surrounding a parked vehicle when it was struck by the bus, which was travelling at a slow speed.

The Vancouver Trolley Company owns the bus and said it was shocked and saddened by the crash.

The Associated Press

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