A Glenolden man is accused of hitting a school bus after leaving the scene

A Glenolden man has been charged with reckless endangerment after his car crashed into a school bus loaded with children and left the scene, Prospect Park police said.

A Southeast Delco School District bus carrying 12 children was struck by a vehicle shortly before 12:30 a.m. Friday at 10th and Lincoln avenues.

None of the children and the bus driver were injured. Police Chief Dave Madonna said the driver of the hit-and-run car stopped momentarily to pick up the wreckage of his truck, which was in the roadway, before fleeing the scene.

The driver of the bus told police that the driver of the dark-colored truck initially stopped about a block away from the collision, got out of the truck, collected the damaged items from his vehicle and fled.

William Meo, 45, was charged with recklessly endangering another person, failure to stop at an accident and fail to report, reckless driving, reckless operation, driving without a license and accidents involving property damage.According to a probable cause affidavit filed by Prospect Park Officer Michael Slowik:

Officers arrived and spoke with the driver of the bus who said the bus was southbound on Lincoln when a dark colored work truck heading north crashed into the driver’s side mirror.

Police said the bus’ mirror had extensive damage and was hit so hard that the mirror itself shattered the bus driver’s window.

As part of the investigation, police reviewed local security footage of a dark-colored Ford truck crashing into the school bus.

The video also shows the driver getting out, running to the scene of the collision, picking up the pieces of his truck and then leaving the area. The operator can be seen wearing a hoodie of a certain company along with the phone number of that company.

Police called the company, which identified the driver as Meo. Police also learned that Meo is currently on parole.

After finding the right address, police and parole officers went to his apartment on Chester Pike and spoke with him. Unprompted, Meo said he didn’t know he hit anything and didn’t have a license, police said.

Meo was taken into custody. It turned out that he has a driver’s license for driving while intoxicated.

Meo was arrested at the request of state police on a parole violation. He was arraigned before District Judge Michael F. Culp, who set bail at 10 percent of $50,000, which Meo failed to post and sent him to the Delaware County Jail.

His preliminary hearing is set for Nov. 4 in District Judge Mary Hopper’s courtroom.

Madonna commended Slovic and Officer David Voorhees for their work in the investigation.

“Fortunately, neither the children nor the driver were injured,” Madonna said.