The Tuckahoe Middle School community is mourning the loss of an 11-year-old student who died after a car crashed into her while she was riding her bicycle.

Henrico police responded at around 11:30 a.m. Sunday to the scene in the 8900 block of Three Chopt Road. Upon arrival, they found Dania Bashier, 11, injured in the roadway. She was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and later succumbed to her injuries.

Investigators believe that Bashier was riding her bike while another boy rode an electric scooter with her. When the pair attempted to cross Three Chopt Road, a vehicle avoided hitting the boy but struck Bashier.

“Although Dania’s time at our school was short; many of you know her and the Bashier family from the neighborhood,” Tuckahoe principal Alison Walden said in a sta

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