Updated, 10 a.m. Friday:
Cobb County School District Superintendent Chris Ragsdale said Thursday night the crash victim is recovering, but “it’s a long road to recovery.”
He said during a Cobb Board of Education meeting that it’s a “miracle” and that the woman “has a long road ahead.”
Updated, 3:50 p.m. Wednesday:
Cobb Police said Wednesday that a 35-year-0ld woman suffered serious injuries this morning when she was hit by a vehicle in the drop-off line at Brumby Elementary School.
Sgt. Eric Smith said that the woman was struck around 8 a.m. by a 2017 gray Chrysler Pacifica that was being operated by a 13-year-old juvenile female.
The Cobb County School District told East Cobb News earlier Wednesday that the victim was “tragically struck by their own vehicle.”
The vehicle also included a 4-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl, Smith added. Police didn’t say why the woman was out of the car, or why the 13-year-old was behind the driver’s wheel.
Police said that the “vehicle accelerated, and the front of the Chrysler collided with the woman and came to a final rest on top of her.”
Smith said the Chrysler then went into reverse, still in the drop-off lane, and crashed into a silver 2020 Chevrolet Equinox that was parked and unoccupied.
Smith said the woman who was hit by the Chrysler was taken to a hospital and that the collision remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Cobb Police at 770-499-3987.
UPDATED, 10:30 A.M.:
The Cobb County School District said that the pedestrian involved in the crash was an adult who during the school drop-off period was “tragically struck by their own vehicle. First responders arrived quickly to provide care, and school will continue on a normal schedule today.”
ORIGINAL REPORT, 8:59 A.M.:
Cobb Police and emergency services personnel are at Brumby Elementary School Wednesday morning following a pedestrian crash in the area.
A reader dropping off someone at the adjacent East Cobb Middle School on Terrell Mill Road told East Cobb News he noticed multiple police cars and two ambulances at Brumby around 8:15 a.m.
Cobb Police Sgt. Eric Smith told East Cobb News that that “our STEP Unit has been activated to conduct the investigation. We will be able to provide more information once they have had an opportunity to complete their preliminary investigation.”
This story will be updated.
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