Amar Diarrassouba

The NYPD explained Thursday's absence by noting that the guard had taken a personal day, and there was no one available to cover her shift.

The boy's uncle wrote Bloomberg: "Though we are all grieving for the loss of our young relative, I must take a moment to express our outrage at your colossal insensitivity and total lack of compassion."

"What's the point of having 1000 miles of dedicated truck routes if the trucks don't follow the routes?"

Angry parents of kids at PS 155 say they have complained about Roman and her frequent absences for a long time. "We have been complaining to the school for three or four years about her."

The school crossing guard assigned to the East Harlem intersection where a 6-year-old boy was fatally struck by a tractor trailer yesterday never showed up for work, according to the NYPD.

There are no criminal charges against the truck driver who killed 6-year-old Amar Diarrassouba as he walked to school yesterday morning in Harlem, but it appears the school crossing guard will be shouldering most of the blame.