RUMFORD, Maine (AP) A Maine school district is helping elementary students cope with the death of a young boy who was killed by a school bus after falling off his bicycle.
Counselors are being made available Thursday.
Police say the 6-year-old boy was crossing a street on his bike in Rumford on Wednesday when he fell and was struck by the bus. The Rumford Police Department is investigating. A message was left with Police Chief Stacy Carter.
Regional School Unit 10 confirmed the boy was a student at Rumford Elementary School. The district the school community is “grieving the loss” and “this tragedy is far-reaching throughout our community.”
A Maine State Police spokesman says the agency sent a reconstruction team to the scene.
