10-year-old student dies after being struck by car

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) – An elementary school student in Bowling Green has died after being struck by a car.

Bowling Green Police Department spokesman Ronnie Ward tells media outlets that a vehicle struck 10-year-old Giselle Arias Wednesday evening. When police arrived, they found Arias laying in the roadway. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ward says no one inside the vehicle was hurt. Investigators do not yet know what caused the accident. Ward says authorities do not expect criminal charges to be placed.

Arias was a student at Parker-Bennett-Curry Elementary. Bowling Green Superintendent Gary Fields says the school district will do its best to help the family.

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