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Caught On Tape: Disabled Boy Beaten On Bus In Ind.
MERRILLVILLE, Indiana A special needs student was the apparent victim of a bus attack. A bus aide is accused of the crime, police say, who cite surveillance video as being a big help to investigators on the case.
The video is disturbing to say the least. On it, an adult who was supposed to care for the developmentally disabled during t
heir bus ride apparently tackles a 9-year-old on the school bus.
The reason the woman gives for the alleged attack can also be heard in the video.
?He?s a brat. I don?t like him,? she seems to say.
Nine-year-old Zachary Fazekas says he was beat up on the bus. His mom says it happened Feb. 16 while he was on his way home from school in Merrillville.
?She threw him into a seat and was laying on him and hitting on him and that knocked him off the seat. He just laid on the floor, and that?s when I thought he was really, really hurt because he wasn?t moving,? said Zachary?s mom, Mary Hawkins.
She says the incident left her son afraid to ride the bus for three weeks. She didn?t know why until her son opened up.
?It?s something that was hidden from them until approximately about a month after the incident,? said attorney Garry Weiss.
The wo
man is identified as 29-year-old Teresa Anderson of Lansing, Illinois.
Zachary?s mother knows her from her time as a school bus driver, which makes the incident even more shocking to her.
?I was upset. I was mad. I was hurt. I felt betrayed,? she said.
There is a warrant issued for Teresa Anderson. She faces charges of neglect of a dependent and battery.
Zachary?s mom says he had several bruises and a red mark on his head. He is still in therapy to treat anxiety brought on by the attack.
The family intends to sue the bus company who employed Anderson.