ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Authorities this weekend charged a substitute bus driver who they say hit two students on a bus.
Lamar Murry, 51, was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
Murry was driving the school bus as a substitute driver when he became angry with several students who were in the back of the bus, court documents say.Â
He pulled the bus over near Patterson Road and Sally Drive in Florissant to confront the students, charges say.Â
Police said Murry punched one of the students in the face twice, and held another one face down in a seat while he punched and scratched him, charges say. He also pulled the student by his hair.
When officers responded to the parked bus, they reported that Murry had fled the scene and several students were on the side of the road.
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Police later found him at Hazelwood Central High School and arrested him.
Other students recorded the assault with their phones, police said, and a security camera in the bus also captured the encounter.
Murry's bond was set at $7,500.Â
A spokesman from the Hazelwood School District did not immediately respond to questions about Murry's employment.Â
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