Siblings Addie Kirchgessner, 6, and Baylor Kirchgessner, 4, were hit and killed by a truck in 2021 while on a family vacation, playing miniature golf in Panama City Beach.
We are not releasing information because this is an active, open and ongoing investigation, she wrote. Florida statutes exempt from public disclosure (of) criminal intelligence and investigation information as defined in the statute so long as it is deemed to be active. PCB Police have conferred with the State Attorney s Office and they are in agreement that partial lab results, which do not paint a complete picture, should not be released.
Assuring the media that the department is not trying to be unhelpful or anything less than transparent, Ward said the family of Baylor and Addie Kirchgessner, who were 4 and 6 years old at the time of the crash, is kept up to date on the investigation.
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The parents of Addie and Baylor Kirchgessner want the children to live on through a foundation they are establishing to help other children. SUBMITTED PHOTO
SOUTHERN INDIANA â The kindness and generosity of two children killed last week in Panama City Beach, Florida, will live on through a foundation their parents are starting to help other children.
Six-year-old Addie Kirchgessner and her brother, 4-year-old Baylor, died Dec. 4 after injuries sustained when a truck veered onto a miniature golf area at Coconut Creek Family Fun Park where the children were with their parents.
Their father, Matt Kirchgessner, who was raised in New Albany and co-owns Elk Run Golf Club with his father, said the family had been on an extended break in Florida as the children finished this semester of nontraditional learning. Their mother, Lauren, a teacher with Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, was also teaching remotely.