CHESTERFIELD, Mo. - A drug-impaired driver struck a 9-year-old child Wednesday while attempting to illegally pass a school bus in Chesterfield, police say.

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has charged Dante Devitto, 35, with one count of DWI (causing serious physical injury) and one count of leaving the scene of an accident in connection with the crash.

According to a news release from the City of Chesterfield, the collision happened on Schoettler Road when the driver "tried to improperly pass a school bus" and seriously injured a 9-year-old on the way home from school.

Officers from the Chesterfield Police Department then responded to the scene to provide aid to the victim, and the suspect, later identified as Devitto, was found a short distance away.

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