ABILENE, Kan. (WIBW/KWCH) - Update: The Dickinson County Sheriff released the name of a 7-year-old girl killed Wednesday morning on her way to school.
The sheriff’s office said Cecilia Graf was struck by a vehicle while trying to board a school bus in the 1100 block of 2200 Avenue, just east of Abilene.
The school bus was stopped on the highway facing west. The sheriff’s office said early signs indicate it had the appropriate emergency warning lights and signs. A 2008 Ford Focus driven by a 15-year-old was driving east and struck the child.
Cecilia was taken to Abilene Memorial Hospital where she died.
Cecilia was a first-grader at St. Andrew’s Catholic School in Abilene. The Catholic Diocese of Salina Superintendent of Schools, Geoff Andrews, released the following statement:
On behalf of the Catholic Diocese of Salina, my heart is broken, and my thoughts are with the families of St. Andrew’s Catholic School, in Abilene, and with the families and friends of those who are experiencing this tremendous loss.
This morning, a St. Andrew’s first-grade student was hit by a vehicle while crossing a street to board the school bus. She was transported to Memorial Hospital, in Abilene, where she later died.
We have activated our crisis plan and a team of counselors is available at St. Andrew’s in Abilene, for students, staff, and families. We will do our best to provide support and will continue to work through this most difficult situation together. Please keep this child’s family in your prayers.
The incident is being investigated by the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Highway Patrol.
A 7-year-old girl was killed in an accident before school on Wednesday morning.
The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle reports a 7-year-old St. Andrew’s Elementary School student was killed on Wednesday morning while trying to cross the street to enter a school bus before school.
According to the Dickinson County Sheriff, Gareth Hoffman, the crash was west of Jeep Rd. on 2200 Ave. He said the school bus was westbound and stopped on the avenue.
The Sheriff’s Office said the driver of the car, a 2008 Ford Focus, was a 15-year-old girl headed to Chapman High School. The accident is still being investigated.
According to the superintendent of schools for the Salina Catholic Dioceses Geoff Andrews, the student was taken to Abilene Memorial Hospital where she later died.
“We have activated our crisis plan and a team of counselors is available at St. Andrew’s in Abilene for students, staff and families,” said Andrews. “We will do our best to provide support and will continue to work through these most difficult situations together.”
Abilene Public School administrators and counselors say they will be providing support for students struggling with the news and if any parents believe their child is having difficulty at school, they are welcome to call the child’s school office to make plans to pick them up.
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