Alabama kindergartner killed by school bus

Driver did not see 5-year-old boy who was bent down to pick up a notebook

A 5-year-old boy in Alabama has died after being was struck by a school bus

Al.com reports that Bissiah Hedges, a kindergartner at George Washington Carver Elementary School in Tuskegee, was killed at about 6:30 a.m. on a road in the Fort Davis community, about 15 miles from Tuskegee.

Police say the driver usually saw the boy running from his front door on her left-hand side. Today, she did not see him run out. The driver did not see that Bissiah was trying to pick up a notebook and bag of candy on the right-hand side of the bus, Bentley said. She drove off, thinking he was staying home, and a back tire ran over him.

Alabama state troopers are investigating the accident.

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Mike Kennedy

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Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.

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