5-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Hit by Car While Crossing Georgia Highway: ‘He Was Very Loved by Many’

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A funeral service was scheduled for Thursday morning for the boy, who attended G.O. Bailey Elementary,according to his obituary.

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School district officials confirmed Estes’ death in a social media post on Monday. “Tift County Schools mourns the loss of a member of our student body,” district officialswrote in a Facebook post. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time.”

“[Because] this is just as hard on you to have to live with as it is for us. This was a tragic accident,” he told the station.

He added about his son’s death: “It’s been hard on us all but we know he’s in a better place.”

Now, his family and friends are remembering the young boy, who they say “was always the light of the room.”

source: people.com