CHESAPEAKE
The Chesapeake school system and one of its bus drivers have agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the parents of a 14-year-old girl who was injured when she was hit by a school bus last year.
The settlement is for $18,000 as a result of injuries the child suffered, according to court records. The accident occurred May 31, 2007.
A petition has been filed in Chesapeake Circuit Court, and must be approved by the judge before it becomes final. A hearing is set for later this month. The school system and the bus driver agreed to the settlement, which would be paid by the Virginia Municipal League Insurance Programs.
School officials confirmed this week that there was an accident but said they had no details of the event. The child was on foot when she was hit by the bus, said Scott Barney, the attorney for the child’s mother, Silva Valenzuela.
The bus had dropped off children at the intersection of Country Road and Country Circle in South Norfolk and was making a left turn, Barney said. An argument between students occurred on board the bus and the driver became distracted and “clipped’’ the juvenile pedestrian, Barney said.
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