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The parents of a 12-year-old student who was killed in a crash outside Seattle鈥檚 Washington Middle School last week are searching for answers about their daughter鈥檚 death.

On March 6, Arsema Barekew was hit by a rolling car outside the school.

“All she would have wanted is the same thing as me,” her father, Berihun Mekonnen, told through a translator. “The truth.”

The car rolled backward about 75 yards down a slight hill, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) said right after it happened. It is believed the driver did not set the parking brake.

Daniel Ajema, the family鈥檚 attorney, told The Seattle Times that police were too quick to dismiss Arsema鈥檚 death as an accident.

SPD Detective Brian Pritchard told The Seattle Times investigators are “working as hard as they can.”

“This is something they want to make sure they get right,” Pritchard said. “We want to make sure (the family feels) comfortable with the investigation that鈥檚 going on, and that they know detectives are doing the best that they can do.”

Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Brent Jones and Washington Middle School Principal聽Adrian Manriquez released statements following the incident.

“My heart is heavy with sorrow as we face the devastating loss of a Washington Middle School student,” Jones said in a statement. “I am deeply saddened by this tragedy, and my thoughts and condolences are with the student鈥檚 family, friends, and the entire Washington community during this incredibly difficult time.”

But Ajema told The Seattle Times that no one from the school or the district contacted them until almost a week later. He said Superintendent Brent Jones and several staff members visited the family at their apartment complex on Wednesday morning and apologized for their “poor communication.”

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