Brown County Schools bus runs over a child, taken to Indianapolis hospital

NASHVILLE — A child was run over by a Brown County Schools bus on a rural road and taken to an Indianapolis hospital for treatment, police say.

The Brown County Sheriff’s Office responded to the accident at 4:33 p.m. Thursday after a report a child was struck by a school bus on Four Mile Ridge Road, about three miles east of Nashville.

According to police, the child had exited the school bus before they were run over.

The child was taken by family to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The child has since been transported to an Indianapolis hospital.

The bus driver voluntarily submitted to an alcohol test and a blood draw required by state law.

Police say they will not release the name of the bus driver or child until investigations are complete.