Lance Hernandez
Police investigate an accident involving a school bus and a child.
Jeffco Fifth Grader Run Over By School Bus
Boy In Critical Condition
POSTED: 8:58 am MDT April 30, 2010
UPDATED: 10:41 am MDT April 30, 2010
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DENVER -- A 5th grader running late for school has been rushed to the hospital in critical condition after he was run over by a school bus he was trying to catch.The incident happened at 8:52 a.m. Friday at West Hampden Service Road and Depew Street, just west of Sheridan Boulevard.The boy, who lives in the Tall Pines Complex, was running out on Depew Street to catch the school bus, police Lt Matt Murray said. He was running alongside the right side of the bus, pounding on it to stop when the bus made a right turn onto Hampden and ran over him with its rear wheels, Murray said.
Students who were on the bus witnessed what happened."It looked like he was dead because his eyes weren't moving or anything," said student Tiffany Thomas.Another boy on the bus, Jacob Petersen, said he heard and felt a big thump."I was on the bus and I heard a thump and then I just heard screaming," said Jacob, who says the victim is a good friend.Jacob's Peterson's mother, Tammy Petersen, said she ran out of the house when she heard the screaming and saw the boy trapped under the wheel."I didn't see it happen, I just heard screaming," Petersen said. "I ran out and saw him under the bus. He asked if it was bad and I told him, 'No.'Peterson said she was trying to reassure the boy, whom she knows well. He had just stopped by her house Friday morning to borrow a cup of sugar, she said.The victim is a student at West Gate Elementary, said Jefferson County School District spokeswoman Lynn Setzer.There's no indication the 53-year-old driver of the Jeffco school bus ever saw or heard the boy, Murray said.The boy was transported to Swedish Medical Center by West Metro Fire, Denver police said.7NEWS has crews at the scene. Please refresh this page for more informati
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