NC child hit, killed afer getting off school bus

by the Associated Press
Published/Last Modified on Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:16 PM EDT

RALEIGH (AP) — A six-year-old North Carolina girl has died after being struck by a sports utility vehicle driven by an 83-year-old woman.
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Multiple media outlets reported that Ashley Ramos Hernand died when she was hit Wednesday afternoon crossing the street after getting off a school bus.

Geraldine Baron Deitz has been charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and passing a stopped school bus.

A police report states that Deitz told police the school bus had not activated all its warning signals.

The bus was traveling from Green Elementary School.

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