UPDATE: Man Charged In Death Of Student Waiting To Board School Cus

Updated at Sept. 7 at 1 p.m.

COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — Prosecutors formally charged a man Friday in the hit-and-run death of a 16-year-old southern Indiana high school student as she prepared to board a school bus.

Shiam Sunder Shankara Subramanian, 25, of Columbus, was charged with felony leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and felony passing a school bus when the arm signal is extended causing death, court records showed.

Subramanian, whose bond is set at $1.25 million, was being held in the Bartholomew County Jail. Subramanian is a citizen of India and in the U.S. on a work visa, so prosecutors requested that he be required to surrender his passport to the court prior to posting bond, The Republic reported.

Lily Streeval of Columbus was struck and killed Monday morning. The Columbus East High School student was pronounced dead at a hospital after being struck about 6:55 a.m. while trying to board the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. bus, police said.

Bartholomew County sheriff’s deputies who reviewed footage of the incident and gathered witness statements said it appeared the bus was stopped with its stop arms extended.

The motorist drove off, but was followed by a witness and taken into custody a short time later along a road in the city about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Indianapolis, police said.

In 2019, Indiana lawmakers approved tougher penalties for drivers who pass school buses with extended stop arms after three children were fatally struck while crossing a highway to board a bus.

Original Post Aug. 30

COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — A 16-year-old Indiana high school student preparing to board a school bus was struck and killed Monday morning in by a car whose driver was taken into custody after he fled, police said.

The Columbus East High School student was pronounced dead at a hospital after being struck about 6:55 a.m. while trying to board the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. bus, police said.

The Bartholomew County coroner identified her as Lily Streeval of Columbus and ruled her death a homicide, with the cause of death blunt force trauma to the cervical spine and chest, The Republic reported.

Preliminary findings indicate Streeval was struck by a southbound vehicle as she was walking eastbound across a street to board the bus, police said.

Sheriff’s deputies who reviewed footage of the incident and gathered witness statements said it appears the bus was stopped with its stop arms extended.

The motorist drove off, but was followed by a witness and taken into custody a short time later along a road in the city about 40 miles south of Indianapolis, police said.

Shiam Sunder Shankara Subramani, 25, of Columbus, faces preliminary felony charges of leaving the scene of an accident causing death, reckless driving and passing a stopped school bus with arms extended causing death, according to police.

In 2019, Indiana lawmakers approved tougher penalties for drivers who pass school buses with extended stop arms after three children were fatally struck while crossing a highway to board a bus.

The school district’s superintendent, Jim Roberts, said in a statement that students and staff who knew Streeval “will miss her greatly.”

“Our hearts go out to Lily’s family, friends, classmates and teachers who loved and supported her. She was full of life and enjoyed attending Columbus East High School. Auto Tech had emerged as her favorite class and she was thinking about a career in this area," Roberts added.