Girl, 12, Dies After Being Hit by School Bus While Riding Bike. Police Say She Was 'Projected' Onto Another Car

A 12-year-old woman has died aft she was deed by a schoolhouse autobus while riding her bicycle.

The clang occurred connected West Tropical Parkway westbound of North Emerald Eagle Street successful Las Vegas soon earlier 3:30 p.m. section clip connected Monday, Oct. 6, according to an initial property release from nan Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).

Police said a 12-year-old woman was riding a BMX-style bicycle erstwhile she collided pinch a 2019 Thomas Built schoolhouse bus, which was walking westbound successful nan right-hand lane of Tropical Parkway.
The woman was past “projected” onto a 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe that was parked adjacent earlier falling to nan ground, they added.

The bicyclist was transported to nan UMC-Trauma Center pinch life-threatening injuries. She died nan adjacent day, according to an updated property release from police.

Family has identified nan unfortunate via GoFundMe arsenic Haylee Ryan, who conscionable precocious celebrated her 12th birthday. The woman was described successful nan explanation of nan online fundraiser arsenic “a sweet, pure, and fiercely imaginative child, who dreamed of becoming an creator 1 day.”

“Haylee’s kindness and tone touched everyone who knew her, and her family and friends will ever retrieve her for her warmth and imagination,” nan organizer stated.

Megan Ryan, Haylee’s mom, said she was astatine activity erstwhile she learned her girl was progressive successful nan crash, which occurred according to FOX connection KVVU-TV and ABC connection KNTV.

“I was hyperventilating connected nan thrust to UMC and praying that I didn’t walk out,” she recalled, KVVU-TV reported.

This has been a difficult twelvemonth for nan Ryan family.

“Since March, I sewage separated from my husband, my youngest boy sewage diagnosed pinch encephalon cancer, my nephew sewage paralyzed, and now my girl this month," nan mom explained to KNTV.

Megan said location is conscionable 1 point keeping her going astatine nan moment. “I conscionable cognize that Haylee is pinch God correct now,” she explained, according to nan reports.

There were 55 students connected nan schoolhouse autobus erstwhile nan fatal clang occurred, nary of whom were injured, constabulary said. They were escorted disconnected of nan autobus aft nan collision.

Both nan schoolhouse autobus driver and nan driver of nan Chevrolet “remained astatine nan segment and showed nary signs of impairment,” they added.

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Haylee’s decease “marks nan 124th traffic-related fatality successful nan Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's jurisdiction for nan twelvemonth 2025,” according to police. An investigation into nan clang is ongoing.

More than $46,000 has been raised done nan GoFundMe run for Haylee’s family arsenic of nan greeting of Wednesday, Oct. 8. Donations will spell toward alleviating “the unexpected load of ceremonial expenses” arsenic good arsenic “the costs of honoring Haylee’s memory.”