WEST NEW YORK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A bus driver has been hit with multiple charges, after allegedly using a cellphone while driving and causing a chain-reaction crash that left a baby dead in West New York, N.J. on Tuesday.

The driver — Idowu Daramola, 48, of Thornwood — was charged with reckless driving, using a cellphone while driving, and death by auto, authorities told CBS 2.

“We lost a little angel today because of negligence,” said Vickie Cepeda, a friend of the victim’s family.

8-Month-Old Baby Killed After Bus Goes Out Control In West New York

The driver was allegedly behind the wheel of a bus that went out of control — jumping the curb and striking a lamppost on Boulevard East near 56th Street, according to the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office. The bus went on to take out another lamp post and some shade trees before crashing into a series of parked cars on Boulevard East.

Meanwhile, the first lamppost crashed down, smashing into a baby carriage.

The baby — identified by neighbors as Angelie Paredes — and the driver of the bus were rushed to an area hospital, where the 8-month-old died of massive head injuries. The baby’s mother, Maylin Paredes, was also taken to the hospital in shock.

A witness, “Fleming,” saw it all.

“I saw the lady, ‘My baby!’ She was crying, her baby, her baby, and the first responding police officer went again back to her, and right there the ambulance came and they took her into the ambulance,” he told 1010 WINS’ Gary Baumgarten.