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Officials at St. Barnabas Hospital say they were able to save Sean Michael Justin Sanz, the baby boy of 33-year-old Donnette Sanz, because bystanders and doctors acted quickly.

Donnette Sanz, 33, was crossing the street on her lunch break when she was hit by a van at East 188th Street and Webster Avenue in the Fordham section of the Bronx yesterday afternoon. The impact sent her into the path of a school bus, which then ran over her.

Eyewitnesses immediately rushed into action to lift the five-ton bus off the woman.

"So what we did, there was like 30 or 40 of us, we actually lifted that bus off of her, and pulled her from under the bus,” said eyewitness Gary Burgess.

Sanz was rushed to Saint Barnabus Hospital where she was pronounced dead shortly after doctors were able to deliver her son by Caesarean section.

"The people in the field got this woman out from under the bus and got her here quickly, the hospital responded quickly," said Dr. Mark Rosing of St. Barnabas. "The trauma surgeons were here, the administrators were here, the nurses and everyone that needed to be involved here were here quickly."

The child weighed 3 pounds, six ounces at birth, and was still hospitalized Friday night.

The driver of the van, 72-year-old Walter Walker, was arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide and driving without a license.

Prosecutors say Walker admitted his van was not safe to drive and had 20 suspensions on his license.

At the Selwyn Avenue apartment building where Sanz lived with her husband, neighbors were still talking about the tragedy Friday.

Abigail Opoku-Heyemang, who lives just downstairs from the family, found out the tragic news from her mother.

“I was still in bed when she told me. I was still in shock, because I just saw her last week. I just couldn't believe it,” said Opoku-Heyemang.

“You often hear stories like that but it never happens to anyone you know. So I was very surprised and shocked. Very sad story,” said neighbor Nelson Oduro.

Meanwhile, on Friday community members held a vigil for the little boy, gathering outside St. Barnabas Hospital to pray for Sanz.

"This is a child that is going to grow up without its mother, so hopefully people will come forth and have an outpour of love and contribute to whatever we can to for this child’s future," said community organizer Monica Harris.