By Steve Bennish and Scott Elliot Dayton Daily News Saturday, September 08, 2007 JEFFERSON TWP., Montgomery County — In an instant, lives connected to 17-year-old Julian Hill unraveled Friday afternoon when he was killed by a speeding car in the 6600 block of Derby Road just after he stepped off the school bus and headed toward his home: Rosalyn Mack, who described her son as a talented sketch artist and dutiful son, said, "I feel numb. This is a dream I want to wake up from. Lawrence Mack who described his stepson as "a young man trying to do all the right things." Jefferson High School basketball coach Art Winston, who said in his last conversation with Hill, the young man said he would meet up with others on the team to work out again next week. Hill's classmates on the bus, many of whom witnessed the accident. The driver, identified as Dexter Moore, 37, of Jefferson Twp., who was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on Friday night pending the filing of a charge of aggravated vehicular homicide — and the female passenger in his car who was seriously injured when the car hit three trees and smashed into a utility pole after hitting the teen. The preliminary investigation Montgomery County Chief Deputy Phil Plummer said a preliminary investigation showed the driver was traveling at least 75 mph in a 45-mph zone and failed to acknowledge the flashing lights and a stop sign extended from the side of the bus. The bus was eastbound on Derby, a narrow two-laner, and the car, a black Mercedes, was westbound. "The guy was traveling way too fast," Plummer said. According to sheriff's Capt. Daryl Wilson, the preliminary investigation also suggests that no drugs or alcohol played a part in the accident. "It appears the driver has been driving recklessly," Wilson said. The accident scene The school bus had just picked up a load of students at Jefferson High School prior to the accident. "Quite a few students witnessed this," Plummer said. Jessica Hurley, 13, and her brother Dustin, 17, exited the bus one stop before the accident. They heard the sound of the crash from their house. Their mother, Tina Hurley, a patient care assistant at Children's Medical Center, grabbed her first aid kit and rushed to help. Hurley came first to the crumbled Mercedes and attended to a woman in the passenger seat who had windshield glass in her eyes and was losing consciousness. "You need to help her! You need to help her!" the driver pleaded. The woman was taken by helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital. No details on her condition were available. Only after rescue workers arrived did Hurley learn that a student from the bus had been struck and killed. "I can't imagine losing one of my children," she said. "That was just one bus stop away. It hits close to home. My heart goes out to the family." 'See you Monday' Winston, the basketball coach, said he spotted the 6-foot-2 Hill trying to navigate the halls on his first day of school last week looking for a classroom. Hill had enrolled a week after school began. "Because he was tall I asked him if he played basketball and he said he did," Winston said. "We took a liking to each other right away. He was just a good kid. He was a little quiet because he was new, but a good kid." Winston said he invited Hill to work out with other basketball players and asked kids from the team to introduce themselves to Hill and make him feel welcome. In their last conversation, Hill said he would meet up with others to work out again next week. "The last thing he said to me was, 'See you Monday,' " Winston said. Winston said he learned of the accident when another basketball player who had been on the bus called him. "When he first told me, it was unbelievable," Winston said. Jefferson Twp. schools Superintendent Norris Brown said the high school teachers stayed for hours after the accident to help students cope. A counseling crisis team was brought in to meet with students and will return Monday. Brown said that moments after the accident, the district sent a second bus to bring students back to school. There they met with teachers and crisis counselors. "Some of them are doing OK," he said. "Some are not OK. Some are going to be needing help." Brown said the bus followed all regulations and procedures. "You're never prepared for these things," he said. Rosalyn Mack said her son also leaves a brother, Evan, 9, and a stepsister, Lauren, 20.