Fairfield Ludlowe Student Steps Up, Identifies Himself as Driver in Hit-and-Run Accident Involving School Bus

A Fairfield Ludlowe student came forward and told school officials that he was the one responsible for rear-ending a school bus last Thursday morning and fleeing the scene, according to the Fairfield Citizen.

The student, a 17-year-old, saw a report online that police were seeking the driver of a blue Jeep Sahara that struck the bus at about 9:15 a.m. on Thursday. There were no students on the bus at the time of the accident, only the driver and an aide (who sustained a minor head injury).

The Citizen reports that the student, who was not identified because of his age, had borrowed the Jeep from a friend and was scared after the accident and drove off.

He was charged with evading responsibility and failure to grant the right-of-way at an intersection.

Read the full story at the Fairfield Citizen here.

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