In a revolting and heart-breaking development in the fatal Chattanooga bus crash investigation, it turns out that children had complained to school administration about the driver and his reckless behavior just days before:
Emails show six students complained to the principal five days before the crash– two of them submitted those written letters. pic.twitter.com/IB1vVRkXvp
— Hannah Lawrence (@hannah_NC9) November 28, 2016
That looks like an enormous lawsuit to me. The school administrators are going to have a tough time explaining how they kept this cretin in charge of those children.
This is just heart-rending:
These are two notes turned in by students five days before the deadly bus crash pic.twitter.com/YEFX9Or7Hk
— Hannah Lawrence (@hannah_NC9) November 28, 2016
Here are portions of the letter:
I can’t imagine the horror of those parents discovering that the deaths of their kids could have been prevented if school administrators had just taken action.
More from FOX 59:
The driver in a Chattanooga school bus crash that killed six children had previously alarmed students, parents and faculty with his driving, according to complaints obtained by CNN.
A principal expressed concern about Johnthony Walker’s driving twice in the weeks before the crash, students claimed he was trying to injure them and a parent, responding to complaints he had cursed at children and tried to hurt them with his driving, threatened to beat Walker up, the records allege.
…Walker now faces multiple vehicular homicide charges, as well as charges of reckless endangerment and reckless driving. Investigators have said that while no traces of alcohol or drugs were found in Walker’s blood, he was barreling down an unapproved bus route at well over the speed limit.
School documents show that Walker, who had been in an accident two months prior, had drawn a series of complaints that raise questions about whether the children riding the bus were safe in the driver’s care.
ONE WEEK LATER: Erlanger says five students are still in the hospital. Two are stable, the other three are still in critical condition.
— Hannah Lawrence (@hannah_NC9) November 28, 2016
Johnthony Walker, 24, charged w/ 5 counts vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment & reckless driving in Talley Rd school bus crash. pic.twitter.com/9ZTIpXUZNl
— Chattanooga Police (@ChattanoogaPD) November 22, 2016
Awful. Can anyone think of any possible explanation that might exonerate the school administrators?
Here’s our first post on the Chattanooga crash.