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Mar. 15, 2025

12-Year-Old Boy Struck and Killed While Riding Bike: ‘My Son Never Gets to Come Home Again,’ Mom Says

Joseph Brausen.Photo:GoFundMe GoFundMe “My son never gets to come home again. It still doesn’t feel real,” the mom told KGW. Reflecting on the moments after the crash, Sarah told KGW that she had not heard from her son but was able to track down the location of his phone through the Family Link app. That’s when she saw the authorities. “I drove as close as I could to the police tape, and I ran into the police tape, and then his bike was laying there,” she told the outlet.

Mar. 15, 2025

12-Year-Old Boy Suffers Severe Burns After Science Experiment Explodes: 'We Are Praying'

Photo: GoFundMe A boy from North Carolina is recovering in the hospital after he experienced second and third-degree burns when his science experiment exploded at home. Barrett McKim, 12, suffered burns to over half of his body when an experiment involving isopropyl alcohol ignited on June 23, according to ABC stationWLOSand aGoFundMecampaign. The explosion also injured his mother, Caroline, who sprayed water on Barrett until emergency services arrived at their Highlands home, per the campaign.

Mar. 15, 2025

12-Year-Old Boy Survives Being Hit by Tree While Walking Home from School, but Sustains 'Major Injuries'

Kyle Murray.Photo:Gofundme Gofundme A tree fell on Kyle Murray while he was walking home from school during a wind storm on North Main Street in Boscawen, N.H., on March 7, according to theBoscawen Police Department. “Kyle suffered major injuries and is currently in a medically induced coma,” police said. Chief Jason Killary of the Boscawen Police Department told PEOPLE, “We don’t have any additional information about the incident,” but he has heard the boy is “doing better.

Mar. 15, 2025

12-Year-Old Couldn’t Wait to Get Home and Back on the Ice. Then She and Her Mom Died in D.C. Plane Crash (Exclusive)

(L-R) Olivia Ter and Olesya Taylor.Photo:GoFundMe GoFundMe A close friend of Olesya Taylor — who was killed in theD.C. plane crashalong with her 12-year-old daughter Olivia — remembers the last phone conversation she had with Taylor shortly before the mom and daughter boarded the doomed aircraft. The pair were “so inspired” after attending the U.S. Figure Skating National Development Camp in Wichita, Kan., Olga Konopelko, of Burke, Virginia, tells PEOPLE.

Mar. 15, 2025

12-Year-Old Girl Dies After Being Struck by Rolling Car While Walking to Recess, Authorities Say

Based on preliminary information, police believe that the vehicle, which was not occupied at the time, began “rolling backward” down a hill after the driver “failed to place it completely in park.” The car rolled “approximately 75 yards” before striking the child, Kibbee said, adding that police have not shared additional information about the girl for privacy reasons. Blue and white Seattle Police Department vehicle parked on street.Getty Getty “This is obviously a tragic situation for the community here, for the schools," Kibbee said at the press conference.