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A Utah special ed teacher's aide, Melissa Diane Davis, was arrested Thursday.

Davis allegedly hit an 8-year-old student multiple times in a classroom.

Millard School District terminated Davis; law enforcement is investigating the incident.

FILLMORE — A teacher's aide in a special education classroom in the Millard School District was arrested Thursday and accused of hitting a student.

Melissa Diane Davis, 56, was booked into the Millard County Jail for investigation of abuse of a child with a disability.

Davis was an instructional assistant at Fillmore Elementary. A district spokesman said Friday that she is no longer employed by the district.

On Tuesday, a Millard County sheriff's deputy was shown a video of Davis "striking an 8-year-

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