. >> reporter: christy elliott said she's stunned and angry after investigators reveal her brother keith elliott was struck and killed by a new jersey transit bus christmas morning, the same bus he apparently wanted to take to the family's holiday celebration in lacy township. >> i'm mad because, you know, the kid lost his life for nothing. >> reporter: loved ones first spoke with us the day after the crash, which initially appeared to be a hit and run at highland parkway and herflicker boulevard, right up the street from the toms river bus terminal. ocean county authorities now say their investigation shows the 45-year-old toms river man tried to wave down the bus near the scene of the collision. the driver stopped, let elliott cross in front of the bus, but would not let him board. prosecutors say the bus made a turn to continue on. the driver believing elliott was walking away, but somehow struck him. the driver and passengers told investigators they didn't know he'd been hit. >> you turn around and he's not there. people don't disappear. you disappear because he ran him over. >> off

. >> reporter: christy elliott said she's stunned and angry after investigators reveal her brother keith elliott was struck and killed by a new jersey transit bus christmas morning, the same bus he apparently wanted to take to the family's holiday celebration in lacy township. >> i'm mad because, you know, the kid lost his life for nothing. >> reporter: loved ones first spoke with us the day after the crash, which initially appeared to be a hit and run at highland parkway and herflicker boulevard, right up the street from the toms river bus terminal. ocean county authorities now say their investigation shows the 45-year-old toms river man tried to wave down the bus near the scene of the collision. the driver stopped, let elliott cross in front of the bus, but would not let him board. prosecutors say the bus made a turn to continue on. the driver believing elliott was walking away, but somehow struck him. the driver and passengers told ve