WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (WMC) - West Memphis police say a man is charged with fleeing the scene after crashing into a daycare bus Thursday while children were aboard.

Around 7:35 a.m., a daycare bus carrying children was involved in an accident on South 9th and Polk Avenue.

The bus belonged to the Kids Child Care Center, and when administrators like Ethel Watson got wind of the accident, they rushed to the scene.

“I was grabbing all of the babies, just getting to the babies, they were screaming and crying, and they were scared,” Watson said.

Jamariyn Royster was one of the 13 children on that bus and described the scene when they were hit.

“I thought it was a speed bump because I jumped up a little bit, so I didn’t think anything of it, and when I started spinning, I got scared it was goin

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