SCHOOL BUS CRASH REPORTS 2007

Child Hit At Bus Stop OK; Driver Charged
March 13, 2007

A woman is facing charges of failing to stop for a school bus after she hit a student in the Seminole community off U.S. 421 between Lillington and Sanford Monday.

The woman, Sarah Cockerman, is charged with reckless driving and failing to stop for a stopped school bus. She told officers on the scene she was talking on a cell phone at the time of the accident and did not see the bus.

The boy, a ninth-grader at Western Harnett High School, is recovering from minor injuries. He was hit as he crossed the highway. The bus had its stop arm out and was completely stopped.

The child was taken to Central Carolina Hospital where he underwent X-rays before being released.

"It is only bumps and bruises, with not broken bones," Western Harnett High Principal Terry Hinson said. "We are certainly relieved it wasn't worse than it was."

Mr. Hinson said the child's name could not be released because of confidentiality rules.

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