One last ride: 4-year-old killed in West Vancouver bus crash laid to rest

In the crisp autumn air of early October, the family of four-year-old Leonardo Machado honoured their late son with one of his greatest joys: a ride on the bus.

On Saturday, a big yellow school bus drove Leonardo's casket from Horseshoe Bay terminal, where a bus crash took his life in May, to Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver for the funeral service.

The last stop was Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver, where Leonardo was laid to rest — overlooking a bus stop.

Leonardo loved buses, said his father, Clineau Machado. He said the resting place near the bus stop will be a symbolic home for his son, who he described as a "happy camper."

"He can see the bus coming and going every time it comes.… It's going to be there for him."

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