School bus strikes, kills child on bike in Grand Ledge
Associated Press
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Grand Ledge A 9-year-old boy on a bike was struck by a school bus and killed outside a school in Eaton County, authorities said.
The incident occurred Monday afternoon outside Neff Kindergarten Center in Grand Ledge. Malachi Williams was in fourth grade at Beagle Elementary School.
“We extend our deepest sympathy to the family, friends of the family and all in the GLPS community,” interim Superintendent David Chapin said in a note to parents.
Counselors were at schools Tuesday to support students and staff.
Grand Ledge police were investigating the crash, although negligence by the bus driver doesn’t appear to be the cause, Chief Thomas Osterholzer said.
176 infected in new coronavirus outbreaks at 57 schools, says Michigan’s May 10 school outbreak report
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Buses drop off students during the first day of school at Estabrook Elementary in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.
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The data was collected on Thursday, May 6, and includes preschools and daycares in those buildings
Last week, the state reported 197 infections in new outbreaks at 65 K-12 school buildings.
The biggest new outbreaks involves 12 students on the track team at Fulton Middle School in Gratiot County; nine students at West Middle School in Rochester Hills, and eight students and staff at St. Stephen Catholic School in New Boston, which is part of metro Detroit.