Who was Harmoney Harper? Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Cause of Death

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The loss of an 8-year-old girl who was killed by a school bus outside her home before class is being mourned by a Kansas community. According to a statement from the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office that PEOPLE was able to get, Harmoney Harper, 8, was waiting for the bus outside her home in Wichita just before 7:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday morning when she went between two cars and was struck by a bus for Derby Public Schools.

The unconscious girl was given CPR by first responders, according to SCSO Captain Benjamin Blick, but The Wichita Eagle reported that she passed away at the site on East Locust Street. According to Blick, there were no injuries aboard the bus, as reported by ABC affiliate KAKE. The crash occurred when Harmoney Harper's father, Jasper Harper, was with his daughter, according to NBC affiliate KSNW.

Harmoney Harper Age

Harmoney Harper was 08 years old.

Harmoney Harper Cause of Death

He claimed that just before his wife woke him up, he heard his son yell for his sister. He remembered hearing, "Call 911, my daughter's dead," before reaching the front door. He stated that his daughter "was playing outside" when the collision occurred. By the time this article was published, more than $13,500 had been collected on GoFundMe to assist the girl's family with funeral costs.

A statement on the GoFundMe said, "Harmoney's laughter and smile will be forever missed." According to KAKE, Harmoney completed the fourth grade at Oaklawn Elementary. She previously "attended Cooper Elementary before moving to Oaklawn in first grade," according to USD 260. She has attended Derby Public Schools from Kindergarten.

According to KAKE and KSNW, the girl "was full of compliments for everyone around her," according to Oaklawn Elementary Principal Donna Osborn. She always had a smile on her face and was the first to give everyone a hug when you saw her. Harmoney will be sorely missed at Oaklawn and her passing is a sad loss," Osborn continued. Social workers were hired to support faculty and staff at all the district's schools,According to the SCSO, an investigation into the crash is still ongoing, but no charges are expected to be brought.