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March 23 — Butler Township Police charged Michelle L. McGinty, 57, of Slippery Rock in the January hit-and-run crash involving a school bus on Lions Road.

McGinty was driving a pickup truck about 10:30 a.m. Jan. 30 when she tried to pass the bus on the left while both vehicles were southbound, according to a police report. The truck slid on the slippery road and hit the side of the bus. She did not stop.

Police said that on March 14 they identified McGinty as the truck driver. In addition to hit-and-run, she is charged with failing to stop and give information or render aid after an accident, improperly passing another vehicle and careless driver.