Overview
- Two children riding a motorized scooter were struck by a bus just before 4 p.m. on Thursday at Portland Street and 5th Avenue in Haverhill, and both were taken to area hospitals.
- Essex County prosecutors confirmed a 12-year-old Haverhill Public Schools student died from her injuries and the second child remains hospitalized with serious injuries.
- The crash is being investigated by Haverhill police, the Essex County district attorney’s office, the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
- A nonprofit said the vehicle involved was a Community Action, Inc. Head Start bus, witnesses said the bus driver stayed to help, and no charges have been announced as investigators reconstruct the sequence.
- The collision has prompted local mourning and renewed concern about micromobility safety that could accelerate review of rules for scooters and similar devices in the region.