Child Fatally Struck by School Bus

A 6-year-old elementary school student died after he was hit by a school bus Monday afternoon.

Dominick Lee Strey, 6, a student at Greenway elementary student, exited the bus with his brother and cousin outside his grandparents’ home south of Calumet on County Rd. 12 when he walked in front of the bus to pick up a paper of his that had fallen.

The driver of the bus, Anita Diana Olson Ketola, 57, did not see Strey and began to drive, running the boy over just before 4:00 p.m. Monday.
Strey was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

Ketola is an employee of Greenway, but did not return to work the next day.
With help from the State Patrol, Itasca County continues to investigate the accident.