The incident occurred on Monday. (Representative image)
A 12-year-old girl in the US was seriously injured after her mother accidentally ran her over on her first day of school. According to PeopleThe incident occurred on Monday morning in front of Boker Middle School in Florida. The 30-year-old mother was dropping off her daughter when she accidentally hit her. The child was flown by helicopter to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg with life-threatening injuries, police said.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), the 12-year-old had dropped some pens and markers and bent down to pick them up from under the vehicle. Tragically, the mother did not notice what her daughter was doing and drove off, hitting her. “She immediately stopped when she heard her child screaming,” FHP Trooper Kenn Watson said in a statement. People.
A Sarasota County Schools spokesperson confirmed the accident, saying, “A parent accidentally struck their child while dropping them off on the street.” “The school district is urging all families to follow district and school safety protocols and use designated student pick-up and drop-off areas on school property,” they added.
Regardless, Watson said, “Here we are, day one, and we’ve already seen a tragedy. We hope this doesn’t happen again, but we have to remember to have good spatial awareness when we’re near a school zone, and especially when we let our child out of the car.”
“We want to avoid being in a hurry and dropping our kids off in the turning lane when we should be right in front of the school,” he continued, adding, “This is a tragedy that 100 percent could have been avoided if we had just paid a little more attention and not rushed.”
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In a message to families, Booker Middle School principal LaShawn Frost said the accident was “a reminder of the importance of following our established safety procedures.”
“Please remember that students should not be dropped off in the middle of Myrtle Street,” the principal said. “This practice poses a significant risk to the safety of our students and other road users,” he added.
On Tuesday, officials said the child was in stable condition. “Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital has advised that the 12-year-old victim’s condition has been upgraded to ‘stable’ as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time,” Watson said.
