Sheriff’s deputy hit by bus at Santa Rita Jail dies

An Alameda County sheriff’s deputy who was struck by an inmate transport bus at Santa Rita Jail died Thursday, officials said.

Deputy Michael Foley, 60, suffered extensive head trauma when he was hit by a bus driven by another sheriff’s deputy in the jail parking lot in Dublin at about 6 a.m. Wednesday.

The driver and another deputy were leaving the jail to pick up lunches for inmates when the incident occurred, and no inmates were aboard the bus.

The driver, whose name was not released, was placed on paid administrative leave.

Foley joined the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office in 2007 after spending 29 years as an officer with the Concord Police Department.

“Michael was one of the hardest-working deputies in this agency,” sheriff’s officials said on the department’s Facebook page.