BETHESDA, Md. — A 7-year-old boy hit by a car while waiting for a school bus has died, police in Maryland said Friday.
A man was waiting at a Bethesda school bus stop with two children, ages 7 and 1, on Wednesday morning when a Honda Accord left the road and hit them, Montgomery County police said.
The 7-year-old boy had life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital with his father, who had minor injuries, police said. The boy, identified as Muhammad Haekal Saifullah Elsyaf of Bethesda, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday, police said in a news release Friday.
The toddler, who was in a stroller, and the driver of the Honda weren’t injured. The driver remained on the scene and provided a statement to investigators.
Detectives with the collision reconstruction unit continue to examine the circumstances of this crash, police said.
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