DOUGLASS, Kan. (AP) A southern Kansas school bus driver has been charged with endangering a child and reckless driving after his bus carrying 10 children slid off a road and into a rain-swollen creek.
KAKE-TV reports Morris F. Peterson (64) was charged Friday in Butler County for the Oct. 31 incident in which he and the students had to be rescued by emergency responders. Three children suffered minor injuries.
The Kansas Highway Patrol released a report earlier this month saying the driver misjudged the edge railing and drove off the side of the water-covered bridge.
Peterson is no longer employed by the Douglass school district. He was suspended Nov. 4 and his resignation was accepted a week later.
Both charges are misdemeanors. It wasn’t immediately clear if Peterson had an attorney.
