A student was hit by a school bus at Wheeler High School on Friday afternoon and has been hospitalized, the Cobb County School District said.
A district spokeswoman said the student was a pedestrian and was struck by a bus in “an unfortunate incident.”
The female student was crossing Holt Road when she was hit, but was conscious when first responders arrived.
Her condition has not been released and nobody else was injured.
“We are grateful for the quick actions of first responders,” the spokeswoman said. “Our thoughts are with the student, who we wish a speedy recovery.”
UPDATED, SUNDAY, AUG. 27:
The student’s mother, Brittany King, has begun a GoFundMe campaign to pay for her daughter’s “medical bills, hospital stays, and physical therapy regimens.”
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