The Chapel Hill Police Department charged James Willie Orr on Tuesday with misdemeanor death by vehicle in connection with the death of a pedestrian last week.
Orr was the driver of a Chapel Hill Transit Bus that hit Valerie Hughes, 33, in the intersection of South Columbia Street and Mason Farm Road at about 4 p.m. on Oct. 27. She later died at UNC Hospitals.
According to a statement from Chapel Hill Town Manager Roger Stancil, the Town of Chapel Hill conducted an internal investigation and Orr was terminated as an employee of the town on Monday.
Hughes is the second pedestrian to have died following a collision with a Chapel Hill Transit bus this year. Lisa Carolyn Moran, 20, of Scotland, was hit by a Chapel Hill Transit bus on Manning Drive near South Columbia Street in May.
Orr is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 12.