An inquest heard that David Wood, 22, is likely to have died when his skull was crushed rather than in the initial impact.
Driver Edward Jones-Morrison went to raise the bus but he panicked and lowered it 6cm instead.
A day earlier, David had secured his ‘dream job’ as a radiographer at St Bart’s Hospital.
He died two days later from crush injuries to his head.
A coroner found that instruction manuals for bus drivers didn’t make it clear that the switch to raise a bus can also lower it.
David stepped out in front of the bus at the junction of Clerkenwell and Farringdon Roads but despite applying the brakes, Mr Jones-Morrison was unable to avoid him.
He had driven buses for 13 years without an accident and he tried to use a ‘kneel down’ switch to free Mr Wood before resorting to a ‘ferry switch’ which he had never used before.
Luke Bellany who had jumped out of his van to help said Mr Wood had been ‘screaming for help’ and was conscious before the bus came down on him
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