An elderly pedestrian killed by a school bus in Sydney ‘s south has been identified as the father of a former local council mayor.

Tony Pesce, 87, died on Wednesday morning from head and upper body injuries sustained when he was hit by a school bus at the intersection of The Kingsway and Miranda Rd, Miranda, about 2.45pm on Monday.

His son Carmelo Pesce, a current Sutherland Shire councillor who served as mayor from 2015 to 2020, announced his father’s death in a heartbreaking social media post .

“This post is one I thought I wouldn’t have to make for some time yet and it’s with great sadness that I write this,” he said.

Pesce said his father was walking home from a doctor’s appointment when he was hit and was “unable to fight the injuries that he sustained”.

He remembered his f

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