Bond Set for Man Accused of Hitting Child

Bond Set for Man Accused of Hitting Child (Added: January 19, 2012)

Columbia - Detective Clint McMurry says it's a warning to all drivers. (more)

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By: Beth Alexander | WHLT
Published: January 19, 2012

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"The individual driving the vehicle has been charged under Nathan's law for passing a stopped school bus with an injury to a child."

     Nathan's Law is named for Nathan Key of Jones County.
     Nathan was 5 when he was hit and killed by a driver who passed a stopped school bus in 2009.

"It's a new statute. If injuring a child results, they'll be charged with aggravated assault."

     Columbia Police Detective Clint McMurry says it's a warning to all drivers.

"You don't have to knowingly violate the law. Under most statutes you have to willingly and knowingly violate a law to be in violation of that. With Nathan's Law you don't have to willingly or knowingly do it. So just the fact that you overtake or pass a stopped school bus, even unintentionally is still illegal. So I advise drivers to be very careful around children. Around school buses. Because as you now see, these laws have teeth to them that can bite."