After crash takes life of 7-year-old boy, school looks to comfort students

October 06, 2016 at 7:04 PM

Sgt. Jesse Grabow of the Minnesota State Patrol talks during a press conference Thursday after Anthony Fellman, 7, was hit and killed trying to board a school bus south of Thief River Falls Thursday morning. (Joshua Komer/Grand Forks Herald)

1/4: Sgt. Jesse Grabow of the Minnesota State Patrol talks during a press conference Thursday after Anthony Fellman, 7, was hit and killed trying to board a school bus south of Thief River Falls Thursday morning. (Joshua Komer/Grand Forks Herald)

2/4: Superintendent of Thief River Falls Public Schools Brad Bergstrom (left) and Sgt. Jesse Grabow give the latest information during a press conference Thursday. (Joshua Komer/Grand Forks Herald)

Superintendent of Thief River Falls Public Schools Brad Bergstrom talks during a press conference Thursday after Anthony Fellman, 7, was struck by a car and killed trying to board a school bus south of Thief River Falls early Thursday morning.(Joshua Komer/Grand Forks Herald)

3/4: Superintendent of Thief River Falls Public Schools Brad Bergstrom talks during a press conference Thursday after Anthony Fellman, 7, was struck by a car and killed trying to board a school bus south of Thief River Falls early Thursday morning.(Joshua Komer/Grand Forks Herald)

4/4: Minnesota State Patrol troopers survey the scene where Anthony Fellman, 7, was hit and killed by a car while waiting to board a school bus south of Thief River Falls early Thursday morning. (Joshua Komer/Grand Forks Herald)

After crash takes life of 7-year-old boy, school looks to comfort students

THIEF RIVER FALLS-- Thief River Falls School officials are trying to determine how to comfort students and staff as state troopers investigate a Thursday car crash that took the life of a 7-year-old boy who was getting ready to board a school bus.