Walking to the Bus stop.

My daughter walks half a block to the bus stop for school everyday. If I step outside our Cull-De-sac I can see her the whole way. This year I started letting her walk with a friend by themselves after many a conversation how she's the only one who's mom walks them and waits. Well there is a reason why. A couple of days ago my daughter and friend were on there normal wrought. They crossed another Cull-DE-sac checked for any cars and there were none. They were in the middle of the street when a car whips around the corner swerves towards and around behind them hits my daughters backpack pulling her backwards! My daughter was VERY shackin and was crying at the bus stop when the car comes back around yelling at her to "watch out for her in her car"! I get a phone call from the school shortly after my daughter leaves with all this info. They explain to me that when my daughter leaves our home for school she is at that time in the school custody so she is there responsibility and they are working on pressing charges but I should call and file a complaint with the local police department as well.
Mt daughter is in 4Th grade and I can no longer allow her to walk to the end of our street without an adult because other adults are irresponsible. My daughter is completely trust worthy to walk on her own but because I can not trust other people she will no longer be walking without me. I will be escorting her to and from the stop from mow on. What kind of world are we in when other parents are trying to hit our kids because they are in a hurry? My child's life was not important to this woman so it was no big deal for her to hit her with her car? Thats is obserd abd ridiculous. This woman will suffer the consequences. She will have charges pressed against her. She will suffer for her actions.