New Orleans Boy, 6, Struck and Killed by a College Bus

A 6-year-old boy was fatally struck by a faculty bus in New Orleans on Thursday, April 10, in keeping with a New Orleans Police Division (NOPD) information launch.

On Thursday, simply after 8 a.m., Mayson Richards was killed a block away from his house, after he exited his mom’s automobile on Need Road in New Orleans. He was working in direction of the college bus when it struck him.

After Richards was struck, the bus stopped additional down the road. His mom then picked him up and carried him again to her automobile in an try and take him to the hospital. Two neighbors tried CPR till an ambulance arrived, a neighbor advised Fox 8. The KIPP Management scholar was then taken to the hospital, the place he died from his accidents. 

The bus driver stayed on the scene. The motive force confirmed no indicators of impairment and took a area sobriety take a look at. Nobody has been charged, Reese Harper, NOPD Director of Communications, mentioned, per WWLTV.

One of many individuals who rushed to the scene was a household good friend, Pastor Fredrick Sweetwyne. “Having a six-year-old die on the street may be very horrific. Our prayers are with this household and we pray God’s blessings upon him,” he advised Fox 8.

He added that he spoke with Richards’ mom. “I can’t think about what she’s going via with this trauma.”

“My little nephew is useless. You possibly can’t carry him again. It is a downside!” Richards’ aunt, Andrea Haynes, advised Fox 8.

“He beloved his momma, he beloved his grandma, his uncle, he beloved his paw paw. He beloved all people. He was little one, a enjoyable little one and performed daily. He was an superior, superior nephew,” she mentioned. She additionally mentioned that though nobody has been charged, “there can be a lawsuit,” per WWLTV.

An investigation into the deadly accident is ongoing.

Richards’ college, KIPP New Orleans College, launched an announcement, sharing that college students’ and workers’s security is a “high precedence.” The college additionally introduced that grief counseling and help providers can be accessible for these affected.

“I’m devastated to be taught of the tragic lack of Mayson Richards,” the NOLA Public Colleges superintendent-elect, Dr. Fateama Fulmore, mentioned in a separate assertion. “Our ideas are with the household, buddies, and classmates impacted by this heartbreaking incident.”

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell additionally expressed her condolences. “In the present day, our Metropolis mourns the heartbreaking lack of 6-year-old Mayson Richards, a vivid, joyful little one whose life was tragically lower brief.”

“As a mom, I can not start to think about the ache Mason’s household is experiencing. Our hearts are with them throughout this unimaginable time,” she mentioned. “Might his soul relaxation in excellent peace, and should his household discover consolation within the love and help of your entire Metropolis of New Orleans.”

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A consultant for NOLA Public Colleges didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for extra data on Friday.