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Sean Taglione

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Funeral Arrangements for Troy Student Set for Thursday

12-year-old Sean Taglione was hit by a car on a busy Coolidge Highway on Saturday.

Funeral arrangements are set for 12-year-old Sean Taglione of Troy who died early Sunday morning from injuries sustained in a traffic accident Saturday. There will be a funeral mass at noon Thursday at the National Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak. Visitation begins at 11 a.m. Sean, a sixth-grader at Boulan Park Middle School, was struck by a Volvo on Coolidge Highway about 6 p.m. Saturday. Police say Sean's parents contacted them shortly before the accident about their missing son. Sean had autism and wandered away from home, Troy Police spokesman Andy Breidenich said Tuesday. "He wasn’t incorrigible or running away," Breidenich said. The driver, a 44-year-old Royal Oak man, is not expected to face charges, Breidenich said. Speed …

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