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Child Endangerment: "Knowing" Requirement

By Baker Associates

A fifty-five year-old bus driver from New York recently pleaded guilty to child endangerment and driving while intoxicated after she took students on a terrifying bus ride while reportedly driving a school bus while intoxicated. Students apparently begged the driver to stop because she was in no condition to operate the school bus. The driver felt that the students were overreacting and continued to drive, reportedly speeding, running over a mailbox, and rolling backwards down a hill. Some students finally opened the emergency door at the back of the bus so they could get out, putting a stop to the incident. Luckily, neither the bus driver nor any of the passengers suffered any injuries. The bus driver?s attorney said that her actions were caused by a bad reaction between alcohol and some prescription medication she was taking...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on January 06, 2010 (boomark / email).