A 10-year-old honor roll student from Reserve died Monday morning as she attempted to catch the school bus. The fifth-grader at Fifth Ward Elementary, jumped a ditch trying to catch the bus on East 24th Street, when she was hit.
Maj. Mike Tregre, a St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman, said the driver was not at fault, and authorities have no reason to believe he acted improperly or was negligent.
The young girl missed the bus and darted toward it, trying to get the driver’s attention. She was hit by the front of the bus, which knocked her to the ground and under the rear tires.
