Police says Ortiz-Soto was driving the vehicle, a Ford work van. He has been charged with felony dea

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Parents midtown hotel be more careful. Watch your kids, a tearful Sharon Kempf told NBC-17. I don t care how old they were. If I had another one, I d walk them across the street before the school bus (even if they were) a senior in high school.
The incident happened around 7 a.m. Thursday on N.C. 27 near Bill Avery Road just outside of Coats. The Highway Patrol said Fernando Ortiz-Soto was driving a work van, with two passengers with him, when he hit Kempf.
He was the smartest, easiest-going kid you would ever meet, his mother said. Never gave me a lick of trouble. Loved school. Loved to read. History books was his favorite to read. He d read books that were this thick or more in a day, you know. Four or 500 pages in a day was no problem for him. And, he d remember midtown hotel everything he read. He was smart. So smart.
The bus is stopped and the arm came out, complete stop, and I thought the van had blew a tire. And, his sister said, Oh my God, Mama, that was Adam. That s all I remember. I don t remember nothing else, she said.
Police says Ortiz-Soto was driving the vehicle, a Ford work van. He has been charged with felony death by motor vehicle and operating a vehicle with no license. Alcohol and speed were not factors in the accident, according to authorities.
Kempf never saw the driver but said,"Why? Why did you not stop? What was so rushed to be there? What could have been so important to get somewhere that you don t stop for a school bus? I don t understand it.
Ortiz-Soto has a driver s license from Mexico, midtown hotel but not from North Carolina. midtown hotel The ICE has a detainer on him, meaning ICE will get custody of him whenever he is released and then determine if he is in the country illegally, according to the Harnett County Detention Center.
In addition to the makeshift memorial, the wall in front of his family s home became a billboard filled with loving tributes from family and friends who spray-painted their thoughts in bold white letters.
They don't have the money to take care of this, said family friend Christie McLeod. It s warming to my heart that these people they don't even know are coming and saying take this it s I have because this baby deserves to have the best funeral.
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