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School Bus Driver Arrested for DUI While on Field Trip

By Michael

School bus driver Brian Dunlap faces a litany of charges after he was arrested and charged with DUI while on the job driving teenagers to a field trip destination. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that chaperons on the field trip called 911 when they noticed that Dunlap, their bus driver, was acting strangely. A Pittsburgh Police report describes the situation in which the chaperon called police during the trip. The chaperon had become nervous when the bus driver narrowly missed running into a pole, then laughed off the situation. The chaperon also noticed that the driver had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech, the police said. The aide finally decided to call the police when Dunlap ran a red light. At that point, an aide called the police, who arrived on the scene and observed the behavior noted, including bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and ?swaying back and forth...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on January 22, 2010 (boomark / email).