NORTH LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Wednesday marked " Walk and Roll to School Day " across the country, promoting safe routes to and from school for students whether they walk, bike or get dropped off and picked up by their parents.

The day has extra significance in the Las Vegas valley, though, after two 12-year-olds died in separate incidents near schools within a few days of each other: Cristofer Suarez was hit and killed by a suspected impaired driver as he was crossing the street on his way to JD Smith Middle School , and Haylee Ryan, who died after colliding with a school bus while riding her bike on her way home from Lied Middle School .

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