The Hilton Central School District, where Cook attended middle school, released a statement saying the teen was “a wonderful student with a heart of gold.”

Neighbors say they often see people walking, running or biking along the road where Cook was killed. They say the sidewalk ends before the accident happened and the posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour is often ignored.

"Just the thought of people crossing and how fast the cars can be going, people can really get moving,” Kevin Dailor said.

Police have not yet said what Cook may have been doing at the time of the accident or if speed was considered a factor.

About 10 new fire trucks and a dozen ambulances are still on their way to St. Louis.

Jenkerson just got back from Denver Colorado where he was consulting with the designers of the two rescue squads they’ve ordered.

“One of the unique situations at the St. Louis City Fire Department’s in is, all of our firehouses are fairly old,” Jenkerson says. “So, the average fire truck doesn’t always fit in the openings that we have…there’s a little modification that’s required.”

He says it takes roughly 300 days to build a fire truck from scratch, so they should show up next year, along with several new ambulances.