A 48-year-old mother in Tennessee has been arrested after she allegedly became so angry at her daughter for missing the bus that she struck the child with a car after dropping her off in the school parking lot.

Misty Sue Coleman was taken into custody following the incident last week and charged with one count of aggravated child abuse or neglect, authorities announced. According to a news release from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, the incident took place on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy, which is located in the 1800 block of Bailey Avenue in Chattanooga.

The school, which serves students from grades 6-12, is about 140 miles southeast of Nashville.

That morning, the "School Resource Deputy" assigned to the academy responded to the s

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