A driver was being held Friday on suspicion of rear-ending a school bus east of Los Angeles and then plowing his Cadillac into a group of children walking home, killing a 9-year-old girl and injuring three other youngsters.
Robert Hanson of Desert Hot Springs, 87, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run resulting in death, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department inmate information website.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether he had an attorney to speak on his behalf.
The crash occurred shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday in the city of Desert Hot Springs, near Palm Springs.
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