SUV hits 2d grader in Randolph

February 5, 2008 11:59 AM Email| Comments (0)| Text size – +

By Globe Staff

A man who was going to vote at an elementary school in Randolph lost control of his sport utility vehicle this morning and hit a 8-year-old girl, according to police and the school principal.

The second-grader was pinned underneath the SUV, which had to be lifted off the child by police and staff at Lyons Elementary School, said Principal Leo Flanagan. The girl was rushed to Boston Medical Center, where she was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit with serious injuries.

“She’s a very feisty, great little girl,” Flanagan said. “I can’t bear to imagine everything not being fine.”

An initial investigation by police found that 86-year-old William Geisler was trying to park his 2001 Ford Escape outside the school at 8:40 a.m. Geisler apparently lost control of the vehicle and veered across the grass and onto the sidewalk, police said.

“A lot of our kids saw it and some had to jump out of the way of the car,” Flanagan said.

The SUV hit the second grader and did not come to a stop until it rammed the front of the school, police said. Geisler was rushed to Milton Medical Center by the Holbrook Fire Department. The extent of his injuries was not immediately but there was concern because of his age, police said.

The school brought in counselors to help students who witnessed the crash.