Elementary school student dies after getting jacket jammed in car door during drop off - ‘The accident resulted in the heartbreaking loss of a second-grade student’s life after their coat became caught in a vehicle door as they exited’,

The Gateway Elementary second grader was killed by a vehicle after her coat got stuck in the car door at morning drop off.

"Our hearts go out to all those affected by this horrible accident as they navigate this devastating loss," the Borger Police Department said.

A Texas second grader died Friday following a "tragic accident" at a school drop-off area, police said. According to the Borger Police Department, first responders were called to Gateway Elementary around 8 a.m. after a student's coat got caught in a car door as they got out of the vehicle.

Serenity Campos exited the vehicle in the designated student drop-off area at Gateway Elementary when her coat became caught in the car door.

School at Gateway Elementary released early for the day, and police said "our hearts go out to all those affected by this horrible accident."

An eight-year-old girl, since identified as Serenity Campos, was exiting a vehicle at Gateway Elementary’s designated student drop-off area Last Friday when, unbeknownst to the driver, her coat became caught in the car door.

A North Texas community is mourning the death of a second-grader who was killed in a “tragic accident” when the child’s coat got caught in a car door while being dropped off at school.