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Najmah Nash, the mother of the 6-year-old who died on her way to school while harnessed in her wheelchair, is speaking out against the school. A New Jersey mother is demanding answers from her local school board after her 6-year- old daughter who uses a wheelchair died on a bus ride to school . "What will be your course of action to ensure that this doesn't happen to any other family?" Najmah Nash, the mother, said at a Thursday board meeting, according to WABC in New York City. According to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office, the child, who used a wheelchair, was being transported on a school bus to an extended school year program on July at a local school in Franklin Township on Monday morning when she became unresponsive. MORE: Workplace inaccessibility is keeping disabled people from jobs During the ride, "a series of bumps in the road caused the 6-year-old to slump in her wheelchair seat making the 4-point harness which secured her to the chair to...

The mother of a 6-year-old boy who allegedly shot a teacher at his Newport News, Virginia, elementary school is now facing charges The mother of a 6-year- old boy who allegedly shot a teacher at his Newport News, Virginia, elementary school is now facing charges , prosecutors announced Monday. A grand jury returned two indictments charging Deja Taylor with felony child neglect and misdemeanor recklessly leaving a loaded firearm as to endanger a child, according to prosecutors. Taylor's 6-year- old son allegedly took a handgun from his home on Jan. 6, put it in his backpack and brought it to Richneck Elementary School where he allegedly shot and wounded 25-year-old teacher Abigail Zwerner in a first grade classroom. Zwerner suffered critical injuries but is expected to make a full recovery. A photo of Abby Zwerner is pinned to a coat during a vigil for Abby Zwerner, the teacher shot by a 6-year-old student at Richneck Elementary, in front of the Newport News Public Schools Admini...

Police in the Virginia city of Newport News say a 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom NORFOLK, Va. -- A 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom Friday, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said. Experts said a school shooting involving a 6-year- old is extremely rare, although not unheard of, while Virginia law limits the ways in which a child that age can be punished for such a crime. No students were injured in the shooting at Richneck Elementary School, police said. The teacher — a woman in her 30s — suffered life-threatening injuries. Her condition had improved somewhat by late afternoon, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said. “We did not have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting,” Drew told reporters, later adding that the gunshot was not an accident. Drew said the student ...

Many questions remain after a 6-year-old student allegedly shot and injured a teacher during an altercation at a Newport News, Virginia, elementary school. Many questions remain unanswered after a 6-year- old student allegedly shot and injured a teacher at a Newport News, Virginia, elementary school . Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones said in a statement this weekend that police were "working diligently to get an answer to the question we are all asking -- how did this happen?" Police tape hangs from a sign post outside Richneck Elementary School, January 7, 2023, in Newport News, Virginia. Jay Paul/Getty Images MORE: Teacher injured in shooting at Virginia elementary school, 6-year-old suspect in custody: Police What we know A Richneck Elementary School teacher, described as a woman in her 30s, was shot with a handgun on Friday in a first-grade classroom, police said. She was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. The mayor told CNN on Sunday that she was in stable co...

A mother has died after rushing back into her burning home in an attempt to rescue her 6-year-old daughter stuck inside who also ended up dying in the fire. A mother has died after rushing back into her burning home in an attempt to rescue her 6-year-old daughter stuck inside who also ended up dying in the fire. The incident occurred at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, according to ABC News’ New York City station WABC, when flames began to envelop a single family home in Hazlet, New Jersey, that housed the Montanaro family. MORE: 12-year-old girl stabs 9-year-old brother to death, police say William Montonaro, along with his 40-year-old wife, Jackie Montanaro, their two daughter s -- 8-year-old Elena and 6-year- old Madelyn -- and their Goldendoodle named Duchess were all sleeping inside their home approximately 40 miles south of New York City when the fire erupted. William Montonaro, his wife Jackie and 8-year-old Elena were able to escape from the burning home but when t...