By AP/KWMU
New Melle, MO – A 7-year-old girl died yesterday after being struck by a truck as she tried to catch her school bus.
It happened Monday morning near the St. Charles County town New Melle. Annabelle Miller was a first-grader at Daniel Boone Elementary School.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the child was trying to cross the road at the intersection of Routes D and DD where her school bus was stopping to pick her up. She was struck and run over by a flatbed truck.
Patrol officials say the driver of the truck will not be charged.