Rockland 12-Year-Old Dies After Being Hit by RSU 13 School Bus

Overview

• The collision occurred Friday around 2:15–2:20 p.m. at Broadway and Eliza Steele Drive shortly after the student exited the bus.
• Bystanders began CPR before Rockland EMS transported the child to Pen Bay Hospital, and LifeFlight then took him to Maine Medical Center where he died.
• Rockland police are leading an active investigation with Maine State Police crash-reconstruction units and the Knox County District Attorney's Office, and no charges have been announced.
• Officials have not released the victim’s name, though a local affiliate reported the grandmother identified him as 12-year-old Brayden Callahan.
• The bus was identified as number 9 with Oceanside Middle School students aboard, and RSU 13 is offering counseling while cooperating with authorities.