Annaliese Backner (Credit: Famiy photo) PARACHUTE, Colo. - A Colorado town is in mourning after an 11-year-old girl tripped and fell underneath a moving school bus Thursday.Parachute police said Annaliese Backner, who also went by Anna, was running to her school bus when she fell.
She then ended up under the school bus while it was in motion, according to authorities. The Garfield County Coroner said Annaliese was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders.
Her tragic death is being investigated as an accident with the cause of death being preliminary labeled as blunt force trauma.
The coroner said a final autopsy report will be published within the next several weeks.RELATED: Brooklyn girl killed by busAnnaliese was a sixth-grader at Grand Valley Middle School.