Driver in hit-and-run that killed boy gets probation

LANCASTER, S.C. — The driver of a car that killed an 11-year-old boy after he pushed his sister from its path will not spend any time in jail.

[PAST COVERAGE: Mom: Chester boy killed in hit-and-run saved little sister's life]

Michelle Johnson was given probation in a Lancaster courtroom Thursday and dodged a prison sentence of as much as 25 years.

Johnson drove away after hitting La'Darious Wylie in 2015 in Chester and told police she thought she'd hit a deer.

She made a tearful apology to the boy's family Tuesday.

“I'm so, so sorry,” Johnson said. “I've been wanting to tell you for a long, long time.”

The children were outside waiting for the school bus before the crash.

The other children at the bus stop called 911 and La’Darius was airlifted to a hospital in Charlotte, where he later died.

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