Fifteen-year-old freshman Tiara Fisher was hit by a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck while crossing Evergreen to her waiting school bus the morning of Dec. 7. She was pronounced dead at Providence Hospital at 7:23 a.m., police said.

“We are all stunned and horribly saddened by this news,” said Assistant Principal Terrence George. “Tiara’s death is a blow to all of us, to those who knew her and to the entire Southfield community. Please keep Tiara in your thoughts.”

Senior Ferris Nance, who rides the same bus Fisher rode, said he’ll never forget the fateful morning of the accident. “As I was walking toward my bus stop, I saw an ambulance and police cars. We saw the truck that hit Tiara. The bottom of the truck was like bent, and the left headlight was broken, and we could tell that was the vehicle that hit Tiara. It was a big truck. And then we saw the cleaning of the accident with her belongings all in the street.”

Sophomore Jazzmine Thomas was a close friend of Fisher’s. They both attended Brace-Lederle middle school together. “In middle school we had like a step show, kind of like a talent show that we did together. She was very nice and kind hearted, and she was pretty.”

Fisher was the fifth of six children of Bevelyn Hopkins and Franklin Fisher. She enjoyed writing poetry, singing in the choir at Greater Mount Huron Baptist Church and dancing, according to Thomas. Fisher was also a member of the Freshman Girls’ Volleyball team.

Family gatherings were her favorite events, according to her aunt, Kathy Morrow-Fisher.

Fisher’s Global Issues teacher, Andy Green, said, “It’s hard. She was a great student, a better person, always willing to help people.”

“We are really trying to be there for support,” Green said. “Hopefully the rest of us will realize how precious life is.”

Richard Farrell, the 53-year-old Southfield male who was the driver of the truck, has a history of bad driving, including numerous traffic citations, said Southfield Police Detective John Harris. He could face charges of negligent homicide. He is awaiting formal charges, Harris said.