10-Year-Old Girl Hit by Car at School Bus Stop Survives

In Travis County, Texas, a little girl was hit by a car while trying to catch her school bus early Tuesday morning. According to KXAN.com, Rithy Kehm, the driver of the Green Honda that hit Molly Finley at the Rocky Creek Subdivision off Hamilton Pool Road, failed to stop and passed the school bus, causing the accident.

Finley was taken to Dell Children’s Hospital where she was treated for a scraped chin, bruises on her knees and scrapes on her feet. With no major personal injuries, she was released wearing an arm sling.

Apparently, the Bee Cave Elementary fifth grader forgot her backpack and went back to get it out of her mom’s car. As the bus driver waited, Rithy Kehm drove around and accidently hit the 10-year-old.

Molly Finley could hardly see the car that hit her.

“Well, my mom yelled and I looked on the side and saw it but it was too late,” said Finley.

The driver of the Honda was ticketed for passing the school bus and not displaying an ID. People who witnessed the accident say Kehm was “visibly shaken”.

The bus stop at the community’s front entrance has frequently caused backups, and residents say drivers would frequently pass the busses. After the incident on Tuesday the HOA posted signs informing the community, that beginning Wednesday, the stop will move from the community’s mailboxes to the community’s amenities center, away from the front entrance.

Molly knows how lucky she is to have survived the accident without too many personal injuries.

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