Teacher dies after being hit by bus
By Ethan Smith
Published in News on February 9, 2016 1:46 PM
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First responders and staff of Meadow Lane Elementary School gather at the scene where a bus struck and killed a teacher at the school's drop-off area on Ash Street this morning.
Meadow Lane Elementary School second-grade teacher Brandon Kincaid died early this morning after being struck in front of the school by a bus belonging to a local child care center.
Goldsboro Police and Fire Departments and Wayne County Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene of the incident at Meadow Lane Elementary School early this morning when the wheelchair-bound Kincaid was struck by a bus belonging to Small World Child Care Center just before 8:30 a.m.
Ray Batts was driving the bus at the time of the incident.
Maj. Anthony Carmon with the Investigative Services Division of the Goldsboro Police Department said Kincaid succumbed to injuries he incurred as a result of the incident after he was transported to the hospital from the school.
Carmon did not say whether or not Batts will be charged with any crime following the incident.
"The investigation is ongoing," Carmon said.
Wayne County Public Schools Communications Director Ken Derksen said counseling services are being provided to students who may have known Kincaid or who were riding the bus at the time of the incident.
"All the students that were in his class have been notified, and we've contacted all of their parents and made sure they are aware," Derksen said. "We have sent a team of counselors to the school so they can be on hand to talk with any students that knew him or may have heard about what happened."
Derksen also said the parents of children who were riding the Small World Child Care Center bus during the incident have also been notified.
Derksen said no students actually witnessed Kincaid being struck by the bus.
"Our goal today is to maintain as much normalcy as possible and to make sure students have someone to talk to," Derksen said. "And, of course, counseling services will remain available to students the rest of the week."
No other injuries were reported as a result of the incident.
"This is obviously a major hit to the school," Derksen said.
No school-wide memorial service had been planned at the time of press.