Caught on video: Teen charged after running over student near Ridley High School

Monday, July 24, 2017
Teen charged in parking lot fight caught on video
Teen charged in parking lot fight caught on video. John Rawlins reports during Action News at 5 p.m. on July 24, 2017.

RIDLEY, Pa. (WPVI) -- A teenage driver has been charged after an altercation near a Delaware County high school that was caught on video spiraled out of control.

It happened around 9 p.m. on July 12th in a parking area adjacent to Ridley High School.

Action News is told there was an escalating altercation between some Ridley students and students from a rival district.

A video, lasting only five seconds long, captured what happened next.

A 17-year-old driver of an SUV slammed into several Ridley students and ran over a 15-year-old.

Remarkably, that 15-year-old student was treated and released with only bruises and abrasions.

Action News spoke with Kevin Bateman on Monday. Bateman knows a relative of the 15-year-old and saw the video.

"The one I saw was real hazy, but you could see it. We were shocked. Then when we saw him pop up, we were amazed," Bateman said.

Police say the 17-year-old driver turned himself in the next day and he has been charged as a juvenile.

Within days, the 15-year-old was practicing with his sports team.

"I heard he went to practice the next day; he was worried he was in trouble. I don't know how you worry about that when you are run over. He is a good boy," Bateman said.

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