School bus driver is fired after video shows her running stop sign
The Ohio bus driver rolls through a stop sign and is recorded by a parent, who posts the video on Facebook. It gets more than 65,000 views, and the bus driver is let go soon afterward.
SPRINGDALE, Ohio — A school bus driver here was fired last week after a video taken by a parent showed her failing to stop at a stop sign, WCPO reports.
The driver, who worked for First Student, had elementary students aboard the bus when she blew through the stop sign, according to the news source.
A concerned parent recorded the incident on her phone and posted the video on Facebook. On the video, the parent said, “Watch, she’ll go right through it,” and then, after the driver drives through the stop sign, she said, “That’s what she does every day.” The video was posted last Wednesday and received more than 65,000 views in 24 hours, according to WCPO.
And you let your kids ride the bus?! Princeton City Schools.
Posted by Jaybe Franklin on Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Princeton City Schools Superintendent Tom Tucker told the news source that the driver admitted rolling through the stop sign. The bus driver was fired based on the incident, First Student Senior Manager Stephanie Creech said in a statement.
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