School crossing guard will be missed
By: By Meghan Backus
Updated: October 16, 2007
A school crossing guard was killed in a hit and run early Tuesday morning at the corner of
"Nobody goes to work expecting this," said Commander Mike Wood of the Rochester Police Department.
A broken stop sign marked the spot where the crossing guard was killed while helping students cross the street near School No. 30.
“You have someone out here doing a job to help children across the street, and she unfortunately lost her life in the midst of it,” Wood said. “It’s a tragedy.”
The driver of the car sped off, and the crossing guard was taken to the hospital where she later died. No one else was hurt.
Police found the car, a black Chevy Cavalier, a short time after the accident, but they did not have any immediate suspects.
“It’s wrong,” said Earline Strickland, a neighbor and grandmother in the area. “They could have stopped. It’s wrong.”
Strickland walks her grand-daughter to school every day. She’s seen that same crossing guard for at least four years.
“She was up her every morning,” Strickland said.
And Earline says the well-known crossing guard will be missed.
“A lot of kids are going to miss her because this lady’s been here for years,” she said.
