No surveillance video available on Wake County school bus where 3-year-old reportedly broke his leg

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The surveillance camera on a school bus where a 3-year-old's leg was broken was reportedly inoperable for months.

"The family is horrified and distraught by the thought that an individual entrusted with the care of their children could have hurt their child so severely," a law firm representing the child's family said in a statement.

The young boy's injury happened on Sept. 24. His dad told ABC11 that the bus driver called him saying there were problems with his son's behavior and he needed to be picked up.

When the father arrived, he said he noticed his son favoring his left leg. So he took him to the hospital where doctors determined the boy's femur had been fractured.

The boy's father wanted to see surveillance video from the bus. He said Raleigh Police Department obtained a search warrant for the bus and that's when they learned the surveillance cameras on the bus had not been working since February.

"As a non-verbal toddler who is disabled, their son cannot advocate for himself or share what happened to him that day," the law firm's statement explained.

Nearly two months after the incident, Raleigh Police Department served an arrest warrant for a charge of intentional child abuse causing serious physical injury on the bus driver, 42-year-old, Tiffian Truesdale.

Truesdale was transporting the young boy from his pre-K program at Durant Road Elementary School to his daycare in Raleigh. The father said the bus was part of Student Transportation of America.

Student Transportation of America and Wake County Public School System said they both removed Truesdale from all routes when they learned of the incident.

Truesdale appeared in court Tuesday afternoon. She said she was planning to hire her own attorney. She remains out of jail on bond.

The boy's father said his son is doing much better. He has recovered from the injury and his back being able to walk without obvious problems.