School bus driver sends kids off bus after accident then drives off

Investigator David Hammer looks into a recent school bus accident where a driver sent the kids off the bus and then drove off, leaving them alone.

[@lisasteigerwald6033]

He was probably drinking and knew he was screwed if he stayed

[@annetteslife]

I was thinking the same

[@weltonvillegal6258]

Sadly, you’re probably not wrong.

[@unapologeticallyamy9031]

I was thinking that the driver was probably intoxicated 😢 that explains his behavior but how in the world are people believing that the driver stayed put?

[@lisasteigerwald6033]

@@unapologeticallyamy9031 People believe what they want to believe :-/

[@fizarrah]

Beat me to it. I was about to say the exact same thought. One of my bus drivers got fired for meth being in her system, another would drink, and smoke. Truth, and a lot of kids try not to be snitches. It's the I wont tell if you don't tell mentality.

[@michelle-loraejones5169]

They do not care about these kids. They are just afraid of lawsuits.

[@midgie4410]

Which they're probably going to get anyway

[@cynthiakelly3825]

Omg. You would think that adults would tell the truth, but it takes a child to tell the truth. Wow.

[@nai1729]

children usually have better morals and know how to distinguish right from wrong so i’m not suprised at all.

[@VinVin_31]

@@nai1729 I’m only 13 and that is true I will say some kids will only tell for drama that’s what some children like I um sadly like that too I’ve been abandoned so much I wouldn’t care if I was left honestly I would yell someone pls kidnap me....

[@dar7230]

Kids do make up stories though

[@JadenYukifan28]

I was in a Bus accident once, but it happened at the School itself and the Bus hit a Fire Hydrant. He told us not tp tell anyone,, but after I got off the Bus, I reported it to the Bus Company, but they didn't fire the driver....they put him on a different route...

[@thisbushnell2012]

The bus company, the driver's employer and the school officials are all playing CYA.

[@JoseYTPlayz]

But in real life

[@7LilTish9]

School officials say as reported to us so they're either believing them or they just say as reported to us this is what supposedly happened

[@kantraxoikol6914]

CYA isn't a word.

[@7LilTish9]

@@kantraxoikol6914 cover your A**

[@JasonT850]

Even driving around the corner is leaving the scene. You have to stay where you are. Plus making these little kids get off the bus when there was no need for that. There was no fire.

[@coleengoodell3550]

A parent's nightmare. Thank God for the good citizens who stayed with these precious children and took action. Everyday heros.

[@shawnsgirl4ever1]

Stories don’t match up the school and bus company trying to save face not take responsibility. The buses shouldn’t be on the road

[@Gooner333333333]

This is a classic case where the kids, witnesses and police were all lying. Clearly that big yellow school bus was hidden behind a fire hydrant

[@ItsMe-yb8ug]

@@mamaroza22 the comment went over your head💀

[@hitmontop16]

@lynn r/woooosh

[@preciousonyemelukwe2170]

Lmao

[@grusome1]

@@mamaroza22 it's almost like that comment was a joke

[@ss-wh3sx]

@@mamaroza22 and i bet you rode the short bus to school...

[@ahaha5057]

If the bus still worked, there was no reason for him to just leave. Honestly, some people are too irresponsible to be around children.

[@marylett5489]

Still,why didn't he put the kids back on the bus!

[@rondaallen7211]

as someone else wrote-he was probably drunk and knew he would catch hell if he stayed.

[@kaboomwinn4394]

Maybe leave the kid on the bus then leave the scene of a accident. The bus doesn’t look to damage.

[@ninofromkitchennightmares1497]

@@kaboomwinn4394 Why? Then that’s child neglect none the less except Same story except the dude left the bus

[@sophiefilo16]

@@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 They mean keep the kids on the bus and then DRIVE from the scene of the accident...

[@fbbWaddell]

As my dad says, to avoid getting caught "lie and keep lying"...I believe the cops over everybody in this situation and he said "yall lying"

[@gavin2915]

Lol this is why my parents got me a phone when I transferred to diff school and had to take the bus

[@animalgirl1013]

Same i started riding the bus in 2nd grade and thats when i got my first phone

[@weltonvillegal6258]

Why I got my kids their own when they it middle school.

[@beverlyarcher3744]

I wish I was never forced to ride the bus rode it from kindergarten to 11th grade and then someone took me to school and picked me up because I couldn't stand that bus by my final year i was stressed from riding a bus

[@jdstep97]

Gavin29 - Good for your parents. This is why I felt it was a good idea to get my 9 y.o. a phone. I remember asking myself what in the world does a 9 y.o. need with a phone? Here we are.

[@mikayla7260]

Agreed I was only 9 when I got my first phone, super young, but I had a flip phone that could only make called and texts cause I had to walk home since we lived kinda close and both my parents worked.

[@jimapple5448]

They fired him for the wrong reason . He should be thrown in jail just for being stupid .

[@loriwishman1866]

Wow, just wow! That's a major attempted cover-up. Glad the kids are okay.

[@christinaf713]

Id like to know why this guy thought it was ok to leave the kids behind and did he really think he would get away with it?!! That is horrible!!! Those poor kids 😔😔

[@ChristinaHallock6578]

I work for a school district and we wouldn’t ever have to deal with this someone is lying

[@teneil31]

Never leave seen of accident no matter what

[@missle615]

this dudes been playing too much gta

[@michaelanddominicksvegland5484]

Yeah that dude been playing too much gta no cap

[@EZYxProven]

@@michaelanddominicksvegland5484 simp 😂

[@eddiecox8333]

I love that yall dont care about this.

[@greenmint984]

@@EZYxProven how the heck is he a simp your just throwing random words to insult someone

[@EZYxProven]

@@greenmint984 you're a simp too

[@littlejoe9381]

Someone is not telling “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth”. 🕵️‍♂️ I believe I know why. 🤔 Because THEY CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!!! 🤨

[@lixuannn0444]

why would a kid lie. It doesn't benefit him in any way lol

[@ryanbarker5217]

so, a school system that doesn't even have its own transportation department hired one bus company, then *fired* that company -- probably over cost -- then hired a company whose buses haven't even passed a state inspection? no school admin thought to ask any questions... or just didn't care since the price was right? *then* they just piled on this 'driver' (rightfully so) who isn't even *certified*, all the while being incompetent themselves?! i get it's a charter school or whatever, so they wouldn't have their own fleet of buses, but our 'out of district' kids gets picked up by regular buses through a contract these schools have with the surrounding cities. difference is *we're* professionals operating maintained equipment. wow, what a comedy of errors and ship (or bus) of fools. that 'driver' shouldn't be the only one who gets fired. this is why us school bus drivers get paid fairly well, because we have to get that Class B license and go through a lot of training.

[@kellydione29]

The superintendent looks dumb corroborating the bus owner's claim on camera when the police report says the driver was GOA.

[@ryanbarker5217]

hard to take him seriously in clothes that don't even fit him.

[@jamiesmiles8312]

Yes, he does look dumb, and, untrustworthy for being stupid enough to back up what he knows to be lies! He should be fired as well.

[@GoonieLord]

Any legal action??

[@cheryldahl9192]

Poor kids! They must have been really scared. School bus drivers are not just drivers. Remaining with the kids and making sure they are safe is most important!

[@PresidentUSVI]

It always takes something stupid to happen so things could get fix, by then it’s to late.

[@Perich29]

Anthony really knows much about what's the responsibilities of the professional bus driver.

[@darlene2789]

First thank GOD the kids are safe. Someone is really covering up for the driver Any cameras in the area where the driver said he was parked. And if He was parked around the corner Why did his crazy *** leave those kids alone. What if something would have happen to them

[@anobody4606]

Schools definitely sweep this stuff under the rug. After my sister had a concussion from negligence and was left on the floor for maybe a little less than an hour they tried to restrict the security footage from my father (coincidentally they had technical issues). And when he did finally got to see firsthand what happened they wouldn't let him have a copy! Quarantine came in clutch, now we don't have her at that school. Next year she'll definitely be elsewhere or homeschooled.

[@annetteslife]

I would have been furious!

[@tammieg4788]

Liar liar pants on fire!

[@Lyssa6678]

“As reported to us” he knows damn well that isn’t what happened

[@jacobfink8855]

Omg I would be in jail for beating the hell out of that bus driver

[@janetepstein9733]

Driver left. Kids with strangers in a strange place. Close that bus service down.

[@jeanine6328]

He better get fired for that one. There’s zero tolerance for abandoning children miles from home.

[@pikapika7936]

Not only would the bus driver be in deep water but the school’s principal and the school district would also be under scrutiny for abandonment and endangerment of a child under their care. They all should be reprimanded for their careless actions in accordance with state and federal law with punishments fitting their choices.

[@beckyhenkel7917]

Because they are all liars

[@haidaralhumaidialshumari868]

3 miles is just around an hours walk for an adult, so the kid was at least an hour of walking away

[@jenniferzevia317]

man , these schools and their affiliates NEVER TAKE RESPONSABILITY YET PEOPLE LOVE TO JUST HAND THEIR KIDS right over to them like they are in great hands of great friends.

[@zubetp]

yeah, i know my mom LOVED handing me over to bus drivers, and didn't do it because she and my dad both worked full time and couldn't take me across town to school. it was absolutely something she LOVED to do. what are you talking about lmao

[@jamiesmiles8312]

They stick by their story that the children we not left unsupervised - with all the witnesses that KNOW the children were unsupervised?!?! What kind of crap is this???? Those weren't my biological children, but they WERE my children - that's how everyone should see this - what if it were your child/grandchild/niece/nephew? This is just super upsetting - and it's worse that the school is backing up what they were told - as if ALL the other witnesses, including a cop, are lying!! That's the type of people these children are with daily - ones that punish them for lying, then lie themselves (a coverup is a lie)? WTH?!?!?!

[@jamiesmiles8312]

Even if the bus driver did pull around the corner and stopped (which I do not believe), they should have parked the bus and came back for the six kids (SIX -according to the police report). I would rip someone to pieces for doing this to my child.

[@astaraoneill9166]

I wanna rip ‘em to pieces, and they are not my children, but as you say, they are all our children.

[@auntiem873]

It doesn’t matter if the bud was around the corner or not. Those kids do not leave the bus. Not until a medical personnel has cleared them.

[@truffleshuffle009]

What is more shocking than just the bus driving off leaving the kids. The bus company and the school district saying O we always had a representative with the kids. Well, the police, the kids, and witnesses say otherwise.

[@brittanyfischer1812]

Leaving two students on the side of the highway. The driver better lucky the kids weren't kidnap

[@chloeedwards7311]

my bus was in a roll of accident and we got all the kids off the bus and we all stayed where we were at

[@andiidoode]

They have no respect for the children or their families.

[@pinkiealexander7832]

UNBELIEVABLE, it's that old one hand washes the other policy,why did this company get the go ahead for the routes when clearly they were not up to par, don't put kids safety in jeopardy because of who you know,to get this contract,they LIED, should be able to get another company to take charge

[@fbbWaddell]

That's why she sped off...cause she knew she wasn't legal.

[@Lifesytle5]

😯😮WHAT IN THE H_LL. Your first, repeat your first responsibility is the CHILDREN. NOT the accident, NOT the bus, the dam children are FIRST PERIOD. I mean really someone has to be trained and told this?

[@villain5873]

If the bus never left. Where the hell was the driver? And if the driver never left, he shouldn't have been fired for an accident, because the police never filed him in the accident report.

[@tomlangford5251]

Someone needs to be FIRED, possibly jailed.

[@carparkinghoss411]

He did 2 illegal things: 1. Fleeing the seen 2. Leaving the kids there

[@AnastasiaBeaverhousn]

They know they're going to vet sued!!!

[@carolwoodruff7990]

omg that is so scarey for a child in a strange place

[@Booby2251]

Sounds like all the officials are all trying to cover there asses.

[@floridflowers777]

i know right?!!

[@princessqueen30yearsago32]

This is soo sad 😢🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@lisalopez02149]

What a damn shame!!

[@mrsjokerstout]

So the police say one thing, eyewitnesses say the same thing, and the bus company says something completely different. Obviously should be shut down or under new ownership.

[@danielleharrison5765]

I do agree with him about the bus driver should never leave him alone with two other elementary students however I do not agree with him about the bus driver should take him home if the bus got into an accident the best thing to do is not to drive the bus just to be on the safe side

[@ryanbarker5217]

it depends on if the damage is superficial. these aren't maintained and up to code buses and should never have been given the job. more than just the driver should have their asses handed to them.

[@meghanc8940]

Most companies would have a cover driver show up and take the kids to their stops. The driver involved in the accident has to fill out paperwork and get drug/alcohol tested. That’s how it works at my company. We have school districts that pick us over cheaper companies because you really get what you pay for.

[@ryanbarker5217]

@@meghanc8940 so, the school hired the cheapest bus company, who hadn't had their buses inspected and certified, who *then* hired yet another company for drivers, who may or may not be certified to drive, and the safety idiot is just like, 'nah, it'll be fine.' i'd guess the driver knew he wouldn't pass a drug test, so he bailed. what's he got to lose, he knows he's fired anyway? if he didn't cause the accident and was clean, there's no reason for him to leave. in my area, these kinds of schools contract an actual school's buses with proper drivers and state certified vehicles to make these kinds of runs, which goes to charter schools, behavioral schools, catholic schools, and tech schools. we do all sorts of these routes, and my district is pretty small. i wouldn't trust some third-party bus company for a second.

[@jamiesmiles8312]

He's a child (just 10 years old, poor thing). He just knows he shouldn't be left on the streets. The only other option to him is to take him home. You and I know that a cop, an ambulance, and/or a parent should have been called. He just wants to get home - instead he was put on the street like a stray dog and left to fend for himself. Don't know if anyone saw the police report, but there were SIX children left.

[@melissaann3522]

and kids need to know that all adults aren't good and it's a shame but we really do have to live in survival mode growing up and that's not fair, children should be safe they should be living their lives, enjoying it but unfortunately children can't just live because they're so many adults that never grew up. God please keep looking after our children and protecting them from all harm. Thank you Jesus ❤️🙏

[@Wooddweller]

Scary situation for these babies.

Sue the school district and bus company for $4,999,999.00 in a class-action lawsuit for child endangerment, reckless behavior, and the abandonment of minors. Make them pay for their illegal treatment of children under their care.

[@ken9720]

Child endangerment and abandonment time to sue the company and driver. how much are these authorities receiving in compensation for lying through their teeth?

[@kensmylie6606]

What a crock of s***. That driver had some reason for not wanting to be there.

[@gaylechapman3836]

Bus driver fired

[@MrBrownnn696]

Poor kids...

[@vegas9440]

Why did they make the kids get off anyway? It was a minor accident

[@jenniferfellows7503]

Unacceptable!!!

[@robinsutton2103]

Minor accident, no need for emergency evacuation. The kids are safer on the bus. I'm a school bus driver and i call bs. When our bus breaks down and they send us a new bus, we have to wait for a safety person to get there before we even transfer the students from one bus to another. If the students are evacuated because of an emergency the driver goes with the kids. After doing a child check of the bus to make sure no students are left behind. Again i call BS!!!!

[@jules8473]

They bus company is lying.....independent witnesses, the kids, and police all wouldn't have the same story.

[@kyle47922]

This bus company should be sued.

[@_officialjrg]

Bus driver: "Man fuq them kids bro"

[@JETS5]

I had a kid in my bus that got out of the bus and the bus driver shut the doors, but then opened it bc he was at wrong stop and he picked him up.

[@bapc5454]

this is why you give a kid a phone

[@daynamarie54]

Shame on that driver and the bus company ! Abandoning those poor children ! Shame on them !

[@BeautyforAshess]

um. I want to know how the driver rationalized in their mind to lead them to make this decision?

[@azalago]

Honestly, I have a neighbor with a kid in a charter school and this is par for the course as far as honesty and accountability.

[@shawnsgirl4ever1]

I hope the driver was fired for leaving these kids

[@hamnukuto3397]

Get him fire.

[@meowerkids8204]

Our bus crash the bus driver kid broke her arm I did to and one kid broke his s leg and it was bad the bus ran off the raid and tip over

[@wormy9229]

I personally took the bus and if the bus driver just left me halfway to my home I would be 4 miles out and I wouldn’t be able to get in my home cause it’s a gated apartment complex I am disgusted by people like this driver

[@Tayjahbaby8371]

if that was my child i would of lost it. the bus driver need to be fired and possible charges for abandoning the kids...and he lied about it...my gracious.

[@victoriagreen3047]

Public school drops the ball again

[@toters2724]

Why don't they just hire a new bus company??

[@ryanbarker5217]

$$$

[@Zetroc63]

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID ....CYA EVERYONE.

[@Ms12Jones22]

I’m listening to the story for the very first time and I am under the impression that he did not and I mean the bus Driver did not have a bus attendant and those kids got off the bus because of the accident not because the driver put them off.

[@Eyeofthemourning]

I smell a kickback

[@SuperBigblue19]

The school district needs bus service & is willing to sweep it under the rug. Being a bus driver requires a class B CDL with passenger endorsement. Will bet he/she wasn't even certified to drive that bus.

[@shannonfbc1]

You can't leave the children and go park around the corner you have to supervise those kids. So even if they are telling the truth you are in the wrong.

[@keepingitreal71]

I would have been crying... As a Driver.... You pull your ass over.. Call into base and WAIT FOR ANOTHER BUS.....

[@RH-xs8gz]

10 bucks says the bus driver was half in the bag.

[@blu3collar949]

Fired for a minor accident? I don't think so. The bus company is covering something up.

[@Coolkc456]

Regardless of whether the bus was there or not, the children shouldn't have been off the bus and on the street. That itself means something is WRONG and that the bus driver is a liar.

[@PliskinYT]

"The bus pulled around the corner" Nice motive, still a hit and run

[@kennethmcdonald5278]

The driver should have gotten on the radio, told about the accident , and location , then evacuate the kids , and stay with them. Now if there is smoke or fire , or you are stuck on a rr track , you evacuate first

[@brittanyfischer1812]

This is why all busses should have seatbelt on them no matter the passengers

[@stevenyoung62]

Bus driver is a damned liar&so are the school officials lying&covering up for the driver.

[@davidemmyg]

After calculations we found that its cheaper to pay of the abandoned kids than stay at the accident scene till the police come

[@larceny3092]

Mom should sue

[@donaldmason7081]

I drive school bus ,if any incident happens students are never put off the bus unless safety is a concern ie fire. to leave your students and then supposedly go around the corner is suspect as is the no accident policy. The best of drivers can have an accident, only a fool would leave children like this. Something is wrong here.

[@brittanyfischer1812]

Why weren't the buses certified. I thought all buses had to be certified to drive for a school district

[@jitendraprabhu3313]

little man looks like he plays golf and smokes cigar.

[@rondaallen7211]

so the buses aren't certified and have no permanent licenses. and these companies are privately owned. and if this is the level of care for transportation, what kind of education can these babies be getting?

[@peggygrant3488]

Wow, the bus didn't have tags and was uncertified, which is why he took off... I bet he radioed back to the station, and the owner told him to leave... but why would the car that he hit leave the scene.

[@joserios2020]

Lawsuit

[@nelleke28]

I was a school bus driver in the USA and we had to check the school bus before we left the tires the engine water and oil level the brakes everything before we could go and clean the bus too . I drove in the dessert too and you can’t be braking down there so you made sure it was ok