Student Hit by Medway School Bus, Driver from Franklin Arrested

(Above image of Medway School Bus, previously posted as 'back to school image)

A school bus driver from Franklin was cited for striking a person in a crosswalk Tuesday morning at a Medway school. The bus driver was later arrested for disorderly conduct at the scene of the crash.

Medway Dispatch received a call at about 8:00 am reporting that a School Bus had struck a child riding his bike in the area of the Burke-Memorial School complex. Responding officers found that the bus had been driving on Cassidy Lane at a low speed while a child was riding his bike in the Cassidy Lane crosswalk. The bus and the bicycle collided. One of the bike tires went under the front tire of the bus, causing the child to fall to the ground. The child did not suffer any serious injury and was not transported after evaluation by Medway Fire/EMS and consultation with a parent.

The bus driver was placed under arrest by a responding officer due to his behavior when emotions were high after the crash. The arrest was not the result of what occurred during the crash itself. A knife was removed from the bus driver’s possession during the arrest; however, the knife was not illegal to possess, and no charges related to the knife will be brought.

Mr. Kenneth Benjamin, age 69 of Franklin, MA, was charged with one count of being a Disorderly Person and civilly cited for Failure to Stop for a Person in a Crosswalk.