JusticeMifflinburg child crash: Boy dies after being struck outside elementary schoolAired October 21, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTCWritten October 21, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A driver fatally struck a child crossing outside an elementary school.0:11The boy died after hospital transport, and police are still investigating.0:15How the collision happened and whether anyone will face charges remain unresolved.0:19Police place the collision in the 100 block of Shipton Street, outside Mifflinburg0:24Elementary School.0:25That's in Mifflinburg, in Pennsylvania's Union County.0:28The boy was trying to cross the road when the vehicle struck him.0:31Police say the driver was a 71-year-old man from Muncie, traveling west.0:35Those details describe his approach.0:37Investigators still have to determine how the vehicle and the child came into the0:41collision.0:41The crash happened Monday, October 19th, 2026, around 5:29 in the evening.0:47The 5:29 time is also given as the police response time.0:51Police Chief Tracy Fetterman's description puts the collision shortly before 5:30,0:55so the timing is approximate.0:57The boy was taken to Wellspan Evangelical Hospital in Lewisburg.1:00The Union County Deputy Coroner pronounced him dead after transport.1:04He died Monday evening, the same evening he was struck.1:07He's been described as a first grader, reportedly six years old.1:11Police haven't confirmed that numerical age.1:13Police were still investigating on Tuesday, October 20th.1:16The cause and any charging decision remain unclear.1:19Pennsylvania State Police personnel from Montoursville were assisting, along with1:23the state police team that analyzes and reconstructs collisions.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗