Child, 8, Hospitalized After Accident Near School Bus: Police

UPDATE 1 p.m. — The Anne Arundel County police announced Thursday that the driver of an SUV that struck a child Thursday morning in Laurel has turned himself in. The police have charged James Hunter, 37, of Laurel, with failure to remain on the scene of an injury crash, a traffic charge.

The incident occurred at about 7 a.m. in the area of Shoreline Boulevard at Bayou Bend Boulevard, according to a police report. They said an SUV struck an unidentified child while the child was trying to get on a school bus, and then left the scene.

Hunter told the police that he did, in fact, stop the vehicle and got out, but the child got up and ran away, presumably to go home.

"Once the child ran off the driver got back in his vehicle and continued to work," the police said in a statement.

The police ruled that the cause of the crash was pedestrian error, "as the driver was driving in a location not required to stop."

LAUREL, MD — Police said a child was hit by an SUV near Laurel Thursday morning while trying to get on the school bus. The vehicle left the scene, and now investigators are asking the public for help identifying the driver in the hit-and-run crash. The child was hospitalized and is expected to survive, police reported.

Officials said they were called to the area of Shoreline Boulevard at Bayou Bend Boulevard near Laurel around 7 a.m. on Thursday, May 2.

A dark-colored SUV-type vehicle had hit an 8-year-old attempting to board a school bus, police said.

The child suffered serious injuries that were believed to be non-life-threatening and was taken to a local pediatric center for treatment, according to authorities.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or who had surveillance cameras in the area is asked to call 410-222-8610.