Seven-year-old killed in Pomfret crash identified by police

State Police said Emmaline Wilcox was killed in a multi-car crash Monday night on Route 60 in Pomfret.

NOW TO THE TRAGICSTORY OF A CRASHTHAT KILLED A YOUNGGIRL IN CHAUTAUQUACOUNTY.THIS IS SEVEN-YEAR--OLD EMMALINEWILCOX.SEVEN EYEWITNESNEWS REPORTER ALITOUHEY HAS MORE ONTHE CIRCUMSTANCESTHAT LED TO THATDEADLY CRASH IN THETOWN OF POMFRET.IT'S TRAUMATIZING ANDIT HURTS A LITTLE BITMORE WHEN YOU HAVEKIDS.GIOVANNI PENA SAYSHE WAS HEADED TOJAMESTOWN ONROUTE 60 MONDAY--WHEN HE PASSED ACRASH MOMENTSAFTER IT HAPPENED...I HAD MY HAND OVERMY MOUTH THE ENTIRETIME.

I HOPE SHESURVIVES I HOPE GODIS WITH HER ALL THEWAY.STATE POLICE SAYSEVEN YEAR OLDEMMALINE WILCOXWAS SITTING IN THEBACK SEAT OF THISKIA WHILE HER MOMWAS WAITING TO MAKEA LEFT HAND TURNWHEN SHE WAS REARENDED--PUSHING HERINTO ONCOMINGTRAFFIC AND INTO THEPATH OF A TRACTORTRAILER.FOR ME, I COULDN'TSLEEP LAST NIGHT.THAT'S WHY HE CAMEBACK TO THE SCENETUESDAY WITH ATEDDY BEAR ANDBALLOONS.I KNOW THAT THERE'SSOMEBODY OUT THEREFEELING IT.

AND I'MFEELING IT WITH THEMSTAND: PENA SAYS THEPINK BALLOON IS FORWILCOX.

AND, THEPURPLE ONE IS FORTHE STATE TROOPERWHO HE SAW WORKINGON HER MOMENTSAFTER THE CRASH.I KNEW THAT HE WASTRYING TO DOEVERYTHING IN HISPOWER TO SAVE HER.WHOEVER WAS ON THESCENE, THEY WEREDOING WHAT THEY HADTO DO.STATE POLICE ARETRAINED TO RESPONDTO AN EMERGENCY.BUT THEY SAYMONDAY'S CRASH ISHITTING THEMESPECIALLY HARD.IT'S A TRAGIC EVENTAND IT'S HARD TOWRAP YOUR MINDAROUND IT EVEN FORFIRST RESPONDERS.NAT POP: THEY'RE JUSTDOING THE BEST THEYCAN.WILCOX WAS A FIRSTGRADER ATCASSADAGA VALLEY'SSINCLAIRVILLEELEMENTARY SCHOOL.THE DISTRICT SENTAN AUTOMATED CALLMONDAY NIGHT TO ALLPARENTS AND STAFFALERTING THEM TOWHAT HAPPENED ANDGRIEF COUNSELORSWERE ON HAND FORSTUDENTS AND STAFFTUESDAY.SCHOOL OFFICIALSSAY EMMALINE WOULDHUG THE BUILDINGPRINCIPAL EVERYMORNING.LEICHNER: IT'S JUST ADEVASTATINGEXPERIENCE.

SHE WASA SWEETHEART ANDIT'S JUST A TRAGEDY.THE CRASH REMAINUNDERINVESTIGATION.IT'S UNCLEARWHETHER ANY OF THEDRIVERS INVOLVEDWILL FACE CHARGES.MEANTIME--MANY INTHE COMMUNITY AREFEELING THE LOSSALONG SIDEEMMALINE'S FAMILY...GIOVANNI PENA/DROVEBY CRASH MOMENTSAFTER IT HAPPENED:SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO BEMY DAUGHTER FOR METO FEEL THIS WAY.

ITCOULD HAPPEN TOANYBODY.IN POMFRET, AL