A special education student fell from a moving Clark County School District bus while the aide assigned to watch him appeared to be asleep, according to an arrest report.

Carmen Morris, 42, a CCSD special education transportation aide, was arrested Oct. 20 on a felony charge of child abuse, neglect or endangerment, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

News 3 Las Vegas reported the charge is a Category B felony resulting in substantial bodily harm. Clark County School District Police made the arrest at a bus yard in Henderson, according to Fox 5 Las Vegas.

Bus surveillance video showed the boy removing himself from his harness and crawling under seats toward the back of the bus, the arrest report stated. He moved freely for about 19 minutes while the bus traveled on the freeway at speeds up to 67 mph, according to News 3.

The child sat behind the last passenger-side seat for several minutes, then moved directly behind Morris's seat, the report stated. Morris appeared to remain asleep or unaware of the child, according to the officer's summary of the video.

The boy later walked to the rear emergency exit. As the bus slowed near the intersection of Tenaya Way and Alexander Road in the northwest Las Vegas Valley, he opened the door, triggering an alarm. The bus accelerated to 11 mph, and the boy fell out, the report stated.

Morris then got up, realized the boy had fallen and went out the rear door to retrieve him, according to the arrest report.

The student was hurt, but police have not publicly described the severity of the injuries, 8 News Now reported.

Morris denied sleeping

When officers questioned Morris on Oct. 20, she denied being asleep and said she suffers from motion sickness, the report stated. She said the child was "really fast" and that he escapes his harness "all the time," according to the arrest report.

The officer wrote that Morris had no answer when asked why she was unaware of what the boy was doing inside the bus for more than 19 minutes.

Morris has worked for CCSD since February 2013. The district said she was assigned to home without pay under its labor agreement with the bargaining unit, the Review-Journal reported.

She appeared in court Oct. 21 and was released from custody with a no-contact order, according to 8 News Now. She was assigned a public defender, News 3 reported.

Morris's preliminary hearing is scheduled for Feb. 8, 2027, according to Las Vegas Justice Court records.