WASHINGTON — A middle school student suffered minor injuries when she was struck by a car while walking to the school bus in Bethesda, Maryland on Thursday morning.
According to Montgomery County Public Schools, the girl, a student at Westland Middle School, was walking to a bus stop on Fairfax Road, just south of Bradley Boulevard, when she was struck.
She managed to walk to the bus stop, the school system says, and the bus driver called 911. The driver stayed on the scene, the police say.
The police say it happened just before 8 a.m., and that the student was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. She’s expected to be OK.