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4-Year-Old On Bike Killed in Blue Springs
A 4-year-old boy riding a bicycle with training wheels was hit and killed by a delivery truck May 8th in Blue Springs, Missouri.
Mason P. McBride died when the truck hit him and ran him over in the parking lot of the apartment complex where he lived. The truck was a delivery vehicle for Rent-A-Center, and was driven by a 21-year-old from Lee’s Summit, who said he did not see the small child on his bike.
The driver remained at the scene and was taken to police headquarters for questioning, though police characterized the child’s death as a “tragic accident,” and the driver will not face charges.
“To our knowledge the driver was not impaired during our investigation. I think it was just a mistake. The little boy just crossing the street and the truck being bigger and the driver maybe not paying one hundred percent attention like we all do sometimes, and didn’t see the little boy until it was too late,” Officer Jeremy Dickstein with the Blue Springs Police Department said.
Police said the driver was “devastated” by what had happened.
The boy’s family planned a vigil for Mason at their apartment complex Friday night.
Read more: Kansas City Star, MyFox Kansas City, KCTV-5, KMBC-TV9.
Photo courtesy KCTV-5.
i new mason mcbride he was my friend and i miss him alot and i can not believe he died i saw the hole thing i was right by the trash can when he got hit i told him to move but the rent a center truck was right there so he did not here me. hi my name is kaylee waller i am 12 years old amd i approve this message i live in bluespring in the villas of audomn bend where he got hit mason mcbride had a brother named marcus mcbride and 2 step brothers those are bob he is 5 years old has not started school yet and ryan who is 12 years old my age but he is in 6th grade and i am in 7th grade and anna who is 7 years old shes in 1 grade and step mom is bobby and the real moms name is bobby to and his dad name is mike and well i miss him so i hope you cry about this message
Comment by kaylee waller — November 8, 2008 @ 8:51 pm
i miss mason Mcbride alot i can feel when he is with me i can hear him in my head he tells me things that makes me happy like he tells me two say hi to his father and his brother hi im kaylee waller again and i aprove this message and these messges are hert full to me because he was so young to dye so i am getting off and i hope you do not cry like me right now at 11.19 on nov24 i think
Comment by kaylee waller — November 22, 2008 @ 11:19 pm
ok so its almost time for masons birthday i think and we are going to see him at his funeral and im just not ok you know since he died and i am just crying so badly so i hope you guys cry about this
Comment by kaylee waller — December 13, 2008 @ 12:45 pm
ok so its me again kaylee waller and masons family is doing fine they are still sad that mason died and so am i so i will type in atleast tomorrow
Comment by kaylee waller — January 10, 2009 @ 2:06 pm
hi its kaylee again i just want to say that i think mason is a ghost i here his voice everyday talking to me saying i miss you very much and i miss him to i dedicate this song to mason mcbride it is called wait for you by elliot yasmen go on youtube and look it up and miley cyrus the climb well i well type you guys soon have a good day
Comment by kaylee waller — February 28, 2009 @ 4:27 pm
hi im austin riczo, ryans best friend and like a brother to that whole family. i was the first person to see mason after the acident. it was terible cause i was only 13.
Comment by austin riczo — April 3, 2009 @ 11:59 am
i am still sad no matter what i will never be nice because this boy died i have been threw lots of stuff and this made me worse i am sorry god but you took the wrong boy you should of token me instead of mason
:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:( god you are just evil i am not gonna trust you at all 
god it is not your fault :*(
Comment by kaylee walller — May 30, 2009 @ 6:45 pm