Crime & Safety
School Bus Driver Who Let Kids Drive Charged With Neglect: Cops
A video appears to show the 27-year-old bus driver allowing at least one student to get behind the wheel.
CHICAGO (CBS) — A northwest Indiana school bus driver has been charged with felony neglect, for allegedly allowing three students drive the bus, as video of at least one child behind the wheel has gone viral.
The Porter County Sheriff’s Department said 27-year-old Joandrea McAtee, of Portage, was arrested Friday morning after showing at the Porter Township Bus Barn, where she was collecting her final check.
Wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, Boone grove bus driver let’s a middle schooler drive, middle schooler drive. pic.twitter.com/IdF4zRkhRG
— Casey✨ (@_caseyweber) September 21, 2018
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Video via CBS Chicago; Image via CBS Chicago, Porter County Sheriff