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"TO LEARN THAT IT WAS
PREVENTABLE AND THAT AFFIRMATIVE
CHOICES WERE MADE IS VERY
FRUSTRATING."
TONIGHT--
CALLS FOR CHARGES AND
ACCOUNTABILITY-- AFTER NEW COURT
DOCUMENTS CLAIM, A DRIVER
INVOLVED IN FRIDAY )S DEADLY
SCHOOL BUS CRASH- TOOKA GROWING.
NEW DETAILS TONIGHT - ABOUT
LAST FRIDAY )S DEADLY SCHOOL BUS
CRASH ON STATE HIGHWAY -21-...
COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THE
DRIVER OF A CEMENT TRUCK THAT
SWERVED INTO THE BUS CARRYING
PRE-K STUDENTS ADMITTED TO USING
COCAINE THE MORNING OF THE
CRASH...
NOW -- AN ATTORNEY FOR ONE
OF THE CHILDREN WHO WAS ON THAT
BUS -- IS CALLING FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY.
HERE )S KVUE )S FORD SANDERS.
2 DEAD AND MORE THAN 50
OTHERS SENT TO LOCAL HOSPITALS.
IT )S THE AFTERMATH
FOLLOWING A CEMENT TRUCK
CRASHING INTO A SCHOOL BUS FULL
OF TOM GREEN ELEMENTARY
STUDENTS...
"EVERYONE IS GRIEVING AND, AND
OR IN SHOCK."
THOSE WORDS FROM HAYS CISD
SUPERINTENDENT DR. ERIC WRIGHT
ON MONDAY...
THURSDAY - KVUE OBTAINED
COURT DOCUMENTS, DETAILING THAT
THE DRIVER OF THE CEMENT TRUCK
TOLD DPS, HE )D TAKEN COCAINE TE
MORNING OF THE INCIDENT AND WAS
RUNNING ON THREE HOURS OF SLEEP.
THAT DRIVER ALSO ADMITTED
TO USING MARIJUANA THE NIGHT
BEFORE.
"IT )S BAD ENOUGH TO HAVE A CRAH
THAT HAPPENS. BUT TO LEARN THAT
IT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF
COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE,
AVOIDABLE FACTORS, REALLY MAKES
YOU ANGRY."
ATTORNEY TRAY GOBER
REPRESENTS ONE OF THE FAMILIES
WHOSE CHILD WAS INJURED...
HE SAYS EVEN THOUGH THE
DETAILS COMING OUT NOW ARE
FRUSTRATING TO HEAR, IT )S
PROMISING TO SEE THIS CASE BEING
DEALT WITH SWIFTLY.
"WE )RE GRATEFUL FOR THE FACT
THAT THERE )S BEEN AN IMMEDIATE,
SERIOUS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
ON THE CASE THAT WILL HELP DETER
FUTURE, SIMILAR CRASHES, BUT
ALSO JUST HELPING BY PURSUING
THESE CIVIL CLAIMS."
NOTING HIS YOUNG CLIENT )S
DOING THE BEST HE CAN AFTER SUCH
A TERRIFYING ORDEAL...
"THEY )RE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
THEY )RE RECOVERING, SHAKEN UP,
MENTAL AS WELL AS PHYSICAL
INJURIES. THE FAMILY IS GRATEFUL
THAT THEIR CHILD ISN )T MORE
INJURED THAN THEY ARE."
AT THIS POINT--
KVUE IS NOT NAMING THE
DRIVER OF THE CEMENT TRUCK...
BECAUSE THAT PERSON HAS NOT BEEN
CHARGED WITH A CRIME.
BUT TEXAS D-P-S TELLS US
THIS IS STILL AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION.