The mother of six-year-old Tyaisha Cox said steps should be taken to safeguard children before another is killed on the Island's roads.

Margret Moor said she wanted to see crossing guards at every pedestrian crossing to tend to children during summer day camps, and not just during school term times.

"I think they should have somebody there at the crossings to meet children when they get off the bus," she said. "There is somebody there for the regular school days, but nobody there for the summer day camps.

"But I also think people should respect the roads more, especially near to schools where children are. People need to use their common sense."

But Minister for Youth and Sport Dale Butler, who went to the hospital to visit the family and young Tyaisha on Thursday, said he did not wish to jump to any conclusions before a full investigation and report had been compiled on the accident.

His ministry became involved in the incident after it learned that Tyaisha was killed as she made her way to a summer day camp at Purvis Primary School - which was being run by his department.

He said: "It's not standard practice during summer day camp time to have people there to help the children cross because it's not a full school.

"I'm not going to race to make any decision until we have had a comprehensive report. When you go up there (the road outside Purvis Primary School) and look at it, it's most unfortunate.

"It's the way the pedestrian crossing is situated - that's the number one priority. You get off the bus and it's directly in front of it. Therefore, I have asked the various technical people in Works and Engineering to do a full study of bus stops near to schools.

"I'm going to wait and see what the full results are before any sort of decisions are made."

But asked if she thought the bus stop was too close to the crossing, Mrs. Moor disagreed.

She said: "If you have someone there helping the children to cross, it should not be a problem."