SEWARD COUNTY— Friends and family attended a funeral mass for a 5-year-old Kansas boy who died in an accident near his elementary school in Liberal.
The service for Nathaniel Garro Rivera was held Monday morning at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Liberal, according to Brenneman Funeral Home. Friends established a fundraiser to assist the family.
Just before 8a.m. Wednesday, emergency crews responded to report of an accident involving a juvenile near Prairie View Elementary in the 600 Block of Warren in Liberal, according to a media release from police.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 GMC Sierra driven by Lizeth Michelle Hernandez-Ibarra, 25, Liberal, was northbound on Warren Street and made a left turn onto Hickory Avenue. The pickup struck 5-year-old Nathaniel Garro Rivera of Liberal in the cross walk.
EMS transported the boy to Southwest Kansas Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Authorities released no additional details.