7-year-old Montgomery Co. girl hit by car; driver ignored school bus stop sign

A driver hit and seriously injured a seven-year-old girl Tuesday afternoon as the girl exited her school bus.

Around 3:53 p.m., Montgomery County Police, plus Fire Rescue responded to the 18600 block of Walkers Choice Road in Montgomery Village. The street is the main drag through a large residential community of apartment and condo complexes. There they found the girl with unspecified serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

Medics transported the elementary school-aged child to Children’s National Hospital in D.C.

Police tell 7News that the female driver ignored the school bus’s red flashing stop arm, crossed a double yellow line, and drove by the bus, hitting the girl in the process. The driver, who is in her early 40s, lives in the neighborhood where the collision occurred. She stopped and waited for police to arrive.

“There is never an excuse to pass a stopped school bus when its red flashing lights are on,” said Montgomery County Police Spokeswoman Shiera Goff. “If you’re in a hurry, we all have places to go, but you have to think about, ‘what if that was your child on that bus?’”

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