Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper announced the findings of an independent study into school transportation safety Thursday and said the city will adopt and implement the report’s recommendations “as quickly as possible”.

The independent review was initiated following the death of Lens Joseph, a kindergarten student struck and killed by a school bus in April.

“On behalf of the entire City and BPS, I want to express my profound condolences to Lens’s family, friends, and everyone who loved him,” Wu said in a statement. “There are no words that can capture the pain of losing a child. We are determined to make sure that a tragedy like this never happens again.”

The city has a contract with Transdev for school bus transportation; the investigation

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