KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Lawson, Missouri, man has been arrested and is accused of fleeing the scene after hitting a child exiting a bus Thursday near Excelsior Springs.
Kyle Barrett, 39, was charged Friday in Clay County Court with fleeing the scene of an accident resulting in injury.
Barrett allegedly hit the 7-year-old boy at about 4:20 p.m. in the 24600 block of West Missouri 92 Highway near Cameron Road.
The boy, a student in the Excelsior Springs School District, was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Authorities were searching for Barrett after the incident and later located him late Thursday night.
His bond was set at $50,000.
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