Drunk School Bus Driver

Posted by Vicki No Comments January 13 2010

Under: School Safety

Martha Thompson, 55 a school bus driver in New York plead guilty to 37 counts of reckless endangerment and has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for being drunk behind the wheel during a chaotic ride in May of 2009 captured on the bus’ surveillance video. The driver had a blood alcohol content of .15. Thompson will be on six months of home electronic monitoring, five years probation and mandatory alcohol counseling.

At the time, she thought the children were over-reacting. The bus hit high speeds, ran over a mailbox and started rolling backwards downhill.

Student: “Turn the bus off!”

Driver: “No.”

Student: “You’re backing into the freaking ditch; you’re making the little kids cry. Stop!”

Finally, the children opened the emergency door in the back of the bus to get out, despite Thompson pleading against it.

Driver: “You can’t get off the bus!”


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