13-Year-Old Boy Killed by School Bus in Arizona

A child in Goodyear, Arizona, died in the hospital from injuries resulting from being hit by a school bus on Nov. 15, Fox 10 Phoenix reported. The boy, Peyton Munger, 13, was a student at Western Sky Middle School in the eighth grade. The accident happened in the area of Indian School Road and 144th Avenue near the school. Munger was taken to a pediatric trauma center with critical injuries, according to Goodyear Police. Police say the driver was not believed to have been impaired, and he cooperated with investigators. That night, a memorial with candles and flowers was set up near where the child was hit.

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