Salina Post

SALINA – Salina police are investigating a case of aggravated endangerment of a child.

Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney said officers were sent to the parking lot of the Dillon’s on Planet Ave on Friday evening after a report of a child injured while riding a City Go Bus.

Sweeney said a 13-month-old child, who had been wandering around on the bus, fell and suffered a cut on the back of the head when the bus turned into the store parking lot.

According to reports, the child’s mother, Kathy Johnson, 29, left the bus and returned 15 minutes later. She allegedly had gone to make a purchase at a nearby liquor store.

While riding in the ambulance with her child to Salina Regional Health Center, EMS personnel noticed Johnson was drinking some type of liquor from a bottle.

Johnson was arrested at the hospital and has been charged with aggravated endangering a child.

The child, who was kept overnight at the hospital, was placed in protective custody.