According to a report in the Huntsville Times, Huntsville police just released the name of a Columbia High School student who tragically died after the bike he was riding collided with an SUV last week after leaving school. Hunter J. Cantrell, only 15-years-old, was riding on Farrow Road near the high school when his bike was hit by the SUV around 3 p.m. Investigators say that the teen was hit while riding near the school's entrance in Research Park.
Cantrell was critically injured and taken to Huntsville Hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. Police have begun an investigation into this tragic accident. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of the Cantrell family.
In a statement, Huntsville City School's Superintendent Dr. Casey Wardynski said, "We were saddened by the death of a student at Columbia High School. I expressed our sympathy, thoughts, and prayer to the family, and would ask everyone to keep his family in their thoughts and prayers."
The tragic episode is reminiscent of another horrifying episode not even a year ago when an Alabama bicycle accident in Baldwin County claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy. In that accident, the Mobile Press-Register describes how the young man was riding home from a summer-school program when he was hit by a Waste Management garbage truck.
The rear tires of the garbage truck rolled over the boy's body resulting in massive head trauma, a shattered pelvis, a lacerated liver and a ruptured spleen. Though the south Alabama accident victim fought hard, he succumbed to his injuries several days after the bicycle accident.
As Huntsville Alabama injury attorneys we routinely see the horrifying aftermath of accidents involving children If someone you know has been the victim of such an accident and you need help navigating confusing legal waters, contact our skilled Huntsville auto accident lawyers today.
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