Chicago Heights school district employee was driving car that fatally struck 2nd grader Jackson Hill

January 13, 2014 (CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill.)

The boy was killed October 23 after getting hit by a district pickup truck that was driven by a Chicago Heights school district employee.

According to police reports, the driver never saw the victim.

Jackson Hill,7, was heading to school --walking in the street trying to avoid a water main break -- when police say Hill jumped over the flowing water and into the path of the turning pickup truck.

The driver was not charged in the accident.

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