An adult and three children were hit by a pickup truck near Felix Botello Elementary School in Dallas, according to police
Police said 9-year-old Jose Garcia Ledesma died
Two other children, including Jose’s twin sister Keyla, were transported to the hospital in “critical but stable condition”
A boy is dead and two other children are injured after being struck by a vehicle outside a Texas elementary school, according to officials.
Dallas Police Department Assistant Chief Catrina Shead said in a press conference, shared by WFAA-TV, that the three children and an adult were struck by a pickup truck near Felix Botello Elementary School in Dallas.
She said police responded to the incident at around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 22. Police shared on X at the time that it was “investigating a major accident in the 200 block of south Marsalis Avenue.”
Shead said that the adult and three children who had been hit by the car on the scene were transported to nearby hospitals by Dallas Fire Rescue. One of the children died from the injuries sustained in the incident and the two other kids were in “critical but stable condition.” The adult was transported in “stable condition.”
The boy who died is 9-year-old Jose Garcia Ledesma, according to WFAA-TV, which cited the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
