Shocking: Baby was trapped getting off the “bound” and dragged three blocks | the Chronicle

This week a terrifying video was posted for any parent. It was in a civil lawsuit that a family in Kentucky, United States, brought against a school bus driver. Is that her six-year-old daughter was stuck in the door of the bus on her way home from school and dragged over three blocks, causing her various physical and psychological problems .
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While the accident happened in 2015, it is only now that the shocking images have emerged in the midst of the trial against Melinda Sanders, who ran the bus to Jefferson County Public Schools.

The girl was dragged by the bus

In the footage, you can see how a six-year-old girl, identified in local media as AR, begins to walk down the stairs of the bus through a front door. Although her feet touch the ground, her backpack is stuck between the canvases of the door and the bus sets off.

The video is about a minute long, and you can clearly see how the little girl first tries to run but fails to maintain the speed of the vehicle and ends up being dragged over 300 meters.

The driver ignores what the other children say to him and even sends one of them to sit. It is only when another driver honks the horn that he realizes something bad is going on.

The lawsuit against Melinda Sanders has begun

Following the incident, Sanders was fired and the investigation began. Last Tuesday, the civil trial opened not only for the damage caused to the young girl but also for other offenses she committed while driving.

“You see them getting off the bus. When they are far from the bus, you close the door, you look at yourself in that mirror and you look at them. They must be 10 feet apart before starting“they said at the bar Katrina Ferral, coach of school bus drivers.

Serious consequences for the girl

After being dragged for more than three blocks, the little girl suffered significant physical damage that required surgery. The doctor Sheldon bond , the pediatric surgeon who operated on her, also testified in court.

“It was the area of ​​the major injury“Bond said pointing to the upper part of the girl’s left leg. “We had skin loss here and skin loss there (tip on each leg). It was a very large abrasion that was removed“.

Beyond leg injuries, RA suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. So far, the amount claimed by the parents at trial for damages has not been disclosed.

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