My prayers go out to the young boy and family. Some Seven oaks residents and residents outside of seven oaks routinely speed constantly through the neighborhood. This is sad.

So sad that a parent was not with these young children walking to school. Prayers for the little boy.

I was there this morning and saw the fire trucks arrive.. I wonder how he was hit but his fellow student were not.. Hoping he is okay. I will say that I see MANY kids crossing the street in the middle and not at the corners with the crossing guards. This is on top of the dangerous driving done by parents dropping off their kids as well!

His Father was at the scene so it cannot be assumed that the children were without parents. This tragedy has happened to a great family, please do not disrespect them online. The driver was hysterical on the scene as well, so prayers are with all involved. I am not sure of any other specifics but let's not jump to assumptions, focus on supporting our community..

People drive like complete morons in that area, especially considering the proximity to the school. It was only a matter of time before something like this happened. I saw someone drive past the school yesterday at probably around 60-70 mph. That kind of stupidity needs to stop immediately.

Speed Bumps should be an option for slowing down drivers.

Prayers go out to him and his family.

I have brought the issue of a blind spot on Bluewater near Roff and Regement to the SevenOaks Community HOA and to the county. The county will not do bumps or re-engineer the road until someone gets hurt or worse. AA cops never sit on Bluewater only in front of the HOA office. Hopefully something will change. I agree with the speed bump option.

Parents need to set the guidelines for there kids walking!
It is not safe for kids to walk with stupidity of drivers and or the crazy people who want your children... It's early enough ...just take the time !

AS police at Bluewater and Town Center does not stop all the traffic speeding toward Route175. They need to sit past Regement to slow speeding around the blind spot.

I enter Bluewater every day from Regiment to take my granddaughter to Seven Oaks.. I had just dropped her off and was on my way to work when I saw this happen. Getting on to Bluewater from Regiment is SCARY because people go soooo fast around that corner. There should be flashing lights and a slow school zone all along that street.. there is NO excuse to leave it at 35mph when kids are going to and leaving school

I was outside and heard this boys siblings screams as he was struck, comforted his little sister, and the woman that hit him. My heart broke when his mom arrived, I cant even imagine how she felt. He is in my daughters class and this could have been any one of our children. It only takes a split second for a horrible accident like this to occur. His mother could have been walking just feet behind him and this could have happened.

The parents are not to blame. There are TONS of kids that make this exact walk every morning and afternoon. The PROBLEM is the lack of speed regulation in an area with SO MANY child pedestrians. Ill be contacting the county AND yelling like a mad woman at all the cars I see speeding from now on.

If we ALL make our voices heard, eventually something will be done.

This was very sad! Prayers go out to all! I was there shortly after and I came home and sat my 7 year old down and til him everything and to be careful! I pray for him! It broke my heart to see him laying on the ground screaming!

First i want to say prayers are going out to the boy that got hit & to his family. My 6 yr old Grand-daughter attends that school .The traffic is very heavy in the A.M & when school let out.......How come they don't have the 15 MPH/School Zone flashing lights before & after school, like they do on Reece Rd. ?

We need to teach our kids to cross only at the cross walk, with a crossing guard. I'm thinking of the safety of these kids........The speed bumps would really help!!

Well in the article it said "pedestrian error". I'm a parent of TWO children in a Piney Orchard community. Many many MANY kids often walk to the school bus by themselves, which is fine for most children who have RESPONSIBLE PARENTS who teach them the rules of the roads! I can't tell you how many times after kids are let off of a bus, that those kids go running wild crossing streets at a mad dash, not yielding to cars, not looking both ways...etc. I hammer into my kids' heads DAILY that they should yield to traffic. Cross after looking both ways, and only cross from corner to corner, if possible...and most importantly, USE THE DAMN SIDEWALKS! Get out of the street, the roads are for VEHICLES.

My wife takes the kids one block to the bus stop, and I go to the bus stop to walk them home. I'm not totally blaming the parents...no way. I'm not blaming the driver (because the above article said PEDESTRIAN ERROR). It was an accident. HOWEVER, if there is any small slice of blame to be passed around, my thinking is that it's on the parent. Six years old...not old enough to walk to school/bus stop alone. If you think they can/should, well SHAME ON YOU. It's most likely YOUR kids who are walking down the middle of the roads playing/laughing/not paying attention.

We brought them into this world, it's our duty to make sure they STAY in this world, safely.

There is no crossing guard down there. They shouldnt have been crossing the street anyway. They are supposed to walk to the corner to the crossing guard and THEN cross. If they had crossed at the corner with the crossing guard, there would have been no "darting out" in to the street. Horrible.