Eight-year-old struck, killed by school bus
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Posted 6:32AM on Wednesday 24th April 2002 ( 23 years ago )
SOCIAL CIRCLE - The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the death of an eight-year-old girl who was struck by her school bus. <br>
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The first-grade girl at Social Circle Elementary School left the bus about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday with other children - including her brothers. <br>
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Walton County sheriff's spokesman Jeff Johnson says she apparently stopped to pick up something. She was caught under the wheels of the bus. <br>
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State Patrol spokesman Jim Schuler says the investigation is continuing, but at this time there's no indication that charges will be filed against the bus driver. <br>
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The 42-year-old was a substitute bus driver. <br>
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Social Circle is about 40 miles east of Atlanta.
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