7-year-old girl killed by truck after getting off school bus
December 10, 2020 GMT
VARDAMAN, Miss. (AP) A 7-year-old Mississippi girl and her younger brother had just gotten off a school bus when they were hit by an 18-wheeler, killing the girl and seriously injuring the boy.
The driver of the lumber truck was charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault after Wednesday’s crash. He is being held in the Calhoun County Jail in Pittsboro, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported.
Calhoun County Coroner Salena Westmoreland said Valeria Montero, of Vardaman, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her 5-year-old brother suffered a broken hip and femur and was airlifted to a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. His current condition was not immediately available.
School counselors help students effected by fatal crash
The Vardaman school community is shaken-up after an 18-wheeler struck two elementary school students getting off a school bus.
Posted: Dec 10, 2020 7:34 PM
Updated: Dec 11, 2020 10:30 AM
Posted By: Erin Wilson
VARDAMAN, Miss. (WTVA) The Vardaman school community is shaken-up after an 18-wheeler struck two elementary school students getting off a school bus.
More school children on the bus watched the accident happen.
According to the school counselors, many, if not all of the children on the bus, will never forget the sight of the two children laying in the street after an 18-wheeler hit them.
Vardaman police chief provides more details about fatal school bus stop
A community continues to mourn after a truck driver struck two children, killing one and seriously injuring the other.
Posted: Dec 10, 2020 7:32 PM
Posted By: Erin Wilson
VARDAMAN, Miss. (WTVA) - A community continues to mourn after a truck driver struck two children, killing one and seriously injuring the other.
At last check, the Vardaman police chief said the fourth-grade boy is undergoing surgery and expected, at this point, to survive. He [the truck driver] had to make the decision of hitting the school bus or going left or right and he decided to go right,” Police Chief Kenneth Scott said.