Updated: 7:50 AM EST January 11, 2021
CRAWFORD COUNTY, Ga. A Crawford County Middle School student is dead after an accident on Sunday.
Crawford County School District Superintendent Brent Lowe says the accident involved an ATV. The sheriff s office later confirmed it happened around 2:30 p.m. on Ray Frost Road.
Lowe says the 8th grade student s death was confirmed with school officials late Sunday night. We will have school counselors and some faith-based members of the community available, while still adhering to COVID-19 guidelines, he said.
This is a developing story, stick with 13WMAZ for updates from investigators.
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UPDATE: December 9 at 5 p.m. 115 Crawford County School District students are now quarantined due to possible COVID-19 exposure.
This is according to Crawford County School District Superintendent Brent Lowe.
Lowe says that a Pre-Kindergarten class was exposed to a positive school employee. The superintendent added that one middle school student and two high school students also tested positive for COVID-19.
The district’s December 8 COVID-19 update showed a total of 40 students (2.55% of the district’s enrolled students) were in quarantine due to possible exposure.