SENTENCING IS SET FOR NOVEMBER 21. MINDY: A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER FACES DUI CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE TOOK A GROUP OF KINDERGARTNERS ON A FIELD TRIP DRUNK. THEY SAY HE HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL WILL OF .20 AFTER HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE BUS WAS FILLED WITH 44 KINDERGARTNERS FROM MURCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN D.C. THEY HAD JUST VISITED A PUMPKIN PATCH IN CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA. SHORTLY AFTER THEY LEFT, IT BECAME CLEAR SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE DRIVER A CHARTER COMPANY EMPLOYEE. THE BU
School bus driver charged with DUI after crash with students on board
A school bus driver faces DUI charges after police said he took a group of kindergartners on a field trip.Police said the driver, Troy Reynolds, 48, of Oxon Hill, a charter company employee, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.20 after he was taken into custody.The bus was filled with 44 kindergartners from Ben Murch Elementary School in Washington, D.C., after they visited a pumpkin patch, in Chantilly, Virginia. Shortly after they left, the bus hit a rock and blew a tire, but the driver kept driving, eventually sending the bus into a ditch.No students were seriously hurt.
A school bus driver faces DUI charges after police said he took a group of kindergartners on a field trip.
Police said the driver, Troy Reynolds, 48, of Oxon Hill, a charter company employee, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.20 after he was taken into custody.
The bus was filled with 44 kindergartners from Ben Murch Elementary School in Washington, D.C., after they visited a pumpkin patch, in Chantilly, Virginia. Shortly after they left, the bus hit a rock and blew a tire, but the driver kept driving, eventually sending the bus into a ditch.
No students were seriously hurt.
