Charges to be filed after elementary bus altercation
Connellsville Area School District Chief of Police Mike Parlak said criminal charges will be filed following an assault that occurred on an elementary school bus.
According to Parlak, a 12-year-old and an 11-year-old girl got into a physical altercation while riding the bus home from Dunbar Elementary School on Wednesday.
A second 11-year-old girl tried to intervene to stop the fight and the 12-year-old girl turned on her, Parlak said.
One of the students sustained a broken nose and a concussion, police said.
Parlak said the parents were notified, and that the school district is taking disciplinary action against the 12-year-old student. He said he plans to file criminal charges with the juvenile probation office.
The investigation is continuing.