INDIANAPOLIS – A 12-year-old girl was critically hurt after being hit by a vehicle while trying to board her school bus Wednesday morning.
According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers were dispatched around 7:20 a.m. to a crash involving a pedestrian near N. Kitley Ave. and E. Washington St.
Police said a school bus was stopped at a red light as the girl made her way toward it. The light turned green, and the bus extended its stop arm. The driver of a Jeep heading eastbound didn’t see the girl or the stop arm and hit her, IMPD said.
The girl was taken to Riley Hospital for Children in critical but stable condition with lower extremity injuries and possibly some internal bleeding.
Police were interviewing witnesses and checking nearby businesses for surveillance video. Students who were on the bus were loaded onto a different bus and taken to school.
The driver was spotted at the scene in handcuffs. Police later said they detected signs of impairment and arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence and causing an accident with serious bodily injury.
The crash remains under investigation.
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