(WTVA/Gray News) - Parents in Mississippi are demanding answers after they said their 11-year-old daughter's school bus driver told her to get off the bus and walk miles home.

James and Ann Lofton said their child and several other kids were forced to walk three miles to get home, though it's unclear why."You put your children out to catch the bus, you expect them to be safe on the bus," Ann Lofton said.

"You expect them to get to school safely, you expect them to get home safely, and then you get a phone call [saying] they're walking down the side of the road. How is that keeping them safe?"The parents said they reported the incident to the Lee County School District.