12-Year-Old Girl Dies After Floodwaters Sweep Her Car Into Storm Drain in Missouri: 'It's Hard'

Aaleya Carter.Photo: Facebook A 12-year-old girl on her way home from celebrating her birthday with her family was killed after floodwaters swept her away and into a storm drain in Missouri. Wheetley said that the driver and two other children were able to safely exit the car, but when Aaleya did, she was caught in the current and swept into the drain, CBS affiliateKMOVreported. She was later found dead in Coldwater Creek.

12-Year-Old Girl Driving SUV Kills Man and His Dog, and Her Dad Is Charged

Photo: Houston Police Department A 12-year-old girl behind the wheel of a Ford Explorer SUV struck and killed a man and his dog, and the father who put her in the driver’s seat has been charged in connection with the man’s death, PEOPLE confirms. According to anews releasefrom Houston police, 42-year-old Tomas Mejia Tol allowed his 12-year-old daughter to drive the black Ford Explorer. The child “began to pull forward from a parking space as a man was walking with his dogs through the parking lot,” police said.

12-Year-Old Girl from Indiana Fosters Friendship Through 'Buddy Bench' Donations

When she was just 8, Sammie Vance pondered a question that seems far beyond her years: What breaks your heart?“For me, it’s seeing people who need a friend,” the seventh grader from Fort Wayne, Indiana, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I’ve been lonely myself. I don’t want others to feel that way.“Soon after at summer Bible camp, she learned about buddy benches — a seat at a school playground where a lonely child may sit, signaling to other kids that they are in need of a friend.

12-Year-Old Girl Gets Life-Threatening Flesh-Eating Disease After Swimming at a Florida Beach

A 12-year-old girl is recovering after she developed a life-threatening flesh-eating disease in her leg, likely from swimming at a beach in Florida.Kylei Parker and her family went on a beach vacation to Destin, Florida earlier this month, and at the end of their trip, she started feeling pain in her leg. By the time they returned to their home in Indiana,her leg had swollenand she was running a fever.Kylei’s mom, Michelle Brown, initially called their doctor to set up an appointment, but he urged them to immediatelygo to the emergency room.

12-Year-Old Girl Put In Medically Induced Coma After Asthma Attack: 'Vaping Had Weakened Her Lungs'

A 12-year-old girl was placed in an induced coma following lung damage attributed to vaping.Photo:Getty Images Getty Images A 12-year-old girl was placed in an induced coma following lung damage attributed to vaping. “Her cough was no different from any other time, and she used her inhaler and nebulizer throughout Sunday night into Monday morning,” Griffin toldBelfast Live.The following morning, Griffin left to take her other children to school when Sarah called and told her to come back home.