The Hays Consolidated Independent School District has identified a 5-year-old student who was killed in a bus crash on Friday.
– Authorities said a cement truck veered into the bus as the students returned from a field trip to the Bastrop Zoo. Eleven adults were also on board.
“Ulises was a child who was filled with a lot of happiness and he often shared it with others,” Naira Solís Shears, his pre-K bilingual teacher, said in a. “He had a talent for drawing and his favorite thing to draw was dinosaurs. He could almost completely spell the word dinosaur, which demonstrates how smart he was. He always had a dinosaur drawn on all of the assignments he turned in. He liked to tell stories and shared many with his friends and family. Above all – he was a loving child.
The release added that his family is grateful for the community’s support. They are asking for privacy at this time.A man driving a Dodge Charger behind the bus was killed when his car struck the back of the vehicle. He was identified as 33-year-old Ryan Wallace, of Bastrop, according to the, four people in critical condition were airlifted from the crash site.
An ambulance bus transported about 10 other patients to a children’s hospital with minor injuries, Parker said.“This is a horrible and tragic day for our school district,” Wright said. The bus didn’t have seatbelts because it was a 2011 model, Tim Savoy, a Hays school district spokesperson, told the newspaper. New buses have been fitted with belts since 2017, he said.Ivan Herrera has worked as a journalist in San Antonio since 2016. His work for KSAT 12 and KSAT.com includes covering breaking news of the day, as well as producing Q&As and content for the "South Texas Pride" and "KSAT Money" series.
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