Chaos at the Crosswalk: ATV Rider Hits 9-Year-Old Outside Far East El Paso School

Dismissal time turned dangerous outside SSG Manuel R. Puentes Middle School in far East El Paso on Wednesday, when an ATV rider plowed through a marked crosswalk and struck a 9-year-old student on a bicycle, according to witnesses. A crossing guard was directing traffic at the time, but people at the scene said the all-terrain vehicle barreled through anyway. The rider reportedly stopped for a moment, then took off after being asked for information, and the incident is now being treated as a hit-and-run.

SISD officers investigating

Socorro Independent School District officers are handling the case and have opened a hit-and-run investigation, according to KFOX14. The student’s mother shared a video of the collision with the station. The video,…..

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