Liyah-Grace Holsey: Texas girl, 10, dies after being struck by two cars while attempting to cross a busy intersection
ARLINGTON, TEXAS: A 10-year-old Texas girl tragically died after she was struck by a couple of cars after her school this week. According to the reports of the Fort Worth Star Telegram, Liyah-Grace Holsey, of Arlington, was smashed by two cars while she tried to cross a busy intersection at around 4 pm after leaving school on Thursday, December 14.
She died at around 9 pm at Cook Children’s Medical Center, the outlet said. The two drivers had a green light at the time of the accident, CBS News Texas added. They stayed at the scene and cooperated with the authorities, and no charges have been filed against them.
Liyah-Grace Holsey's school remembered her after the tragic incident
Holsey was a fifth-grade student at Mary Moore Elementary School, the school confirmed on Facebook. “Liyah-Grace was a wonderful student who loved to sing so much that she joined the choir and never missed a practice. She will be deeply missed and never forgotten,” the school wrote.
What did the school's principal say?
Principal Wendy Baker told NBC5 that she was on the scene shortly after the accident. “We had a parent who had driven by and saw that there was an accident that had happened not too far away from here,” she recalled. Baker accompanied Holsey to the hospital, she said.
“I think when you find out any of your children — as a parent, or as a principal, you are devastated. It is the worst nightmare that you can imagine,” the principal added, as per outlet.
Locals expressed concerns about the intersection
Some locals expressed concerns about the intersection where Holsey was struck, which is close to the school but too far to be considered part of the school zone. “They run red lights. They don’t stop. They don’t care to stop. They just go,” resident Leslie Balboa told CBS News Texas.
Balboa has a grandchild of her own and told the outlet that she can't imagine a family losing a child right before the holidays. "So, I'll say a prayer for them. For the parents, grandparents, teachers. It's all we can do is pray for them. Hopefully, something will be done," Balboa added.
“It’s not a very safe intersection. A lot of fast-moving cars, a lot of street-racing,” local Bryan Seely told NBC5. Seely said he has seen at least four crashes at the intersection in just a year-and-a-half.
