Teen Walking to School Hit By Car, Dies From Injuries
Christina Morris-Ward was a sophomore at Seneca Valley High School
(Updated 2:15 p.m.) Seneca Valley High School is mourning the death of sophomore Christina Morris-Ward, who was fatally struck by a car as she walked to school Wednesday morning. “The first thing I thought when I was notified this morning was to take a moment of prayer,” said Seneca Valley Principal Marc Cohen, who knew Morris-Ward during his tenure as Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School’s principal. “We didn't know right away that it was one of our students, but we did know where it happened.” According to Montgomery County police, Morris-Ward, 15, of the 19900 block of Sweetgum Circle, was in the process of crossing Germantown Road when she was struck by a 2010 Ford Fusion travelling north on a green signal. Police said she died at the …
Maribel Ibrahim
10:07 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
This is such a sad story. All of this could have been avoided if our school systems stop forcing children to travel to school in pre-dawn hours and on unsafe roads. While certainly students do need to take responsibility for themselves, they are completely sleep deprived at this time of the morning. Start School Later has been working tirelessly to get a task force bill passed in the Maryland … more ›