Failure to stop for a school bus is one traffic citation on the books, punishable by a fine. The boy's father said he does not feel anger toward the driver, but he believes Kriesel is too old to drive safely. Wis. He was meeting his mother at a day-care provider's home, a few miles from their own home in Trempealeau. The car was traveling westbound, and the bus was facing east. The boy was a student at Trempealeau Elementary School, where counselors were on hand Wednesday to talk to children about their classmate's death.
Kids are pretty resilient.
They had lots of questions, and we had things set up for them to ask those questions. Phillip was the eldest of two children, and his mother, Rebecca, is five months pregnant, Kevin Schied said. The mother was in the back yard of the day care when the accident happened. My wife dropped everything, and came out and saw him on the blacktop. Kevin Schied described Phillip as an outgoing and talkative child who got along with everybody.