Driver says she took sleeping pill on day of accident

Former school bus driver Lynn McGlothlin was charged with reckless driving after she drove up on a curb and rear-ended a truck with her bus. McGlothlin says she accidentally took a generic form of Ambien instead of her thyroid medicine.

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March 22, 2012

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A school bus driver who was charged with DUI and reckless driving after she drove up on a curb and rear-ended a truck with her bus in 2010 said that she had accidentally mixed up her medication on the day of the accident, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports.

The reckless driving charge was dropped after a toxicology test showed there was no alcohol in Lynn McGlothlin's system. However, McGlothlin pled guilty under a deal that reduced her charge to minimum DUI, and she is no longer allowed to drive a school bus.

McGlothlin said that on the morning of the accident, instead of taking her thyroid medicine, she mistakenly took a generic form of Ambien.

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