A 10-year-old boy was hit by an SUV while trying to get on a school bus on Wednesday morning in Maine, according to officials in South Portland.
The incident happened shortly after 8 a.m. on Evans Street, near the intersection with Hill Street, according to a news release from the city. The child was hit by an SUV that was being driven by a female student of South Portland High School, the release said.
Emergency crews responded and gave care to the boy who was hurt, before taking him to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the SUV is being charged with passing a stopped school bus with flashing lights, a class E offense, authorities said, adding that the driver said she didn't see the boy, nor the flashing school bus stop sign.
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Authorities in the southern Maine city urged drivers to use caution around school buses.
