A special needs girl died in a possible seatbelt mishap while she was sitting in her wheelchair aboard an Ohio school bus — sparking a police investigation.
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Ngone Talla, 7, was lifeless in her wheelchair by her family after the school bus arrived at her home on Wednesday afternoon, her distraught relatives told WLWT5.
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Talla, a student at Roselawn Condon School in Cincinnati, may have gotten stuck in a seatbelt leading up to her tragic death
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, sources told local outlet WXIX.
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The elementary student’s family said they noticed the bus sitting idle outside the home for 10 minutes — which was unusual, since the bus’s back doors typically open to let her wheelchair out.
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After her family went outside to see what was happening, they were let on the bus and discovered the youngster “lifeless.”
“We went on the bus, and I see my sister unresponsive and lifeless.
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So, I’m there, I’m mad.
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I’m yelling in the bus.
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I’m like, OK, how did this happen?” Marema Talla, Ngone’s 12-year-old sister, told WLWT5.
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Talla, who has cerebral palsy, was taken to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
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Her father, Abdoul Talla, said he got a call Wednesday afternoon that his daughter was not breathing or moving and rushed over to try to help her.
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“The bus driver came outside and he told them like, ‘Oh, come look.’
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And they went inside the bus, and they see she was not breathing, she was not moving.
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And after that, that’s why they call me, and I say call 911, and I call 911, me myself,” Abdoul Talla said.
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“And I drive up here and I see my daughter inside the bus and I was like ‘it’s over,'” the heartbroken dad added.
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Talla suffered no traumatic injuries or signs of harm before her death, according to the Hamilton County Coroner.
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“She became unresponsive in her wheelchair on the bus, but she has extensive medical history including cerebral palsy,” the coroner’s office said in a statement.
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Multiple agencies, including the Cincinnati Police Department, are now investigating Talla’s death.
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Cincinnati Public Schools added that their Crisis Response Unit is supporting students and staff after the “heartbreaking day.”
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“Our hearts are with her family and everyone who knew and loved her.
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This is an unimaginable loss for them and a heartbreaking day for the Roselawn Condon community,” Cincinnati Public Schools said in a statement to the local outlets.
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Talla’s family hopes officials will uncover what happened to Talla — and blasted the driver and bus monitor who were aboard the school bus for not keeping a watchful eye.
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Cincinnati Public Schools told WLWT5 that a monitor from the school bus company, First Student, was on the bus, which the company also operated.
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“The driver and a second person, they’re supposed to just watch carefully, the kids, because you cannot have these kids in this bus and you’re not watching them,” Abdoul Talla said.
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“And it was really hot yesterday, and I don’t know what’s going on.
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I’m waiting for the investigation to let us know what’s happened.”
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Cincinnati Public Schools, the Cincinnati Police Department, and the Hamilton County Coroner did not immediately respond to The Post’s requests for comment.
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