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Another drunk bus driver-this time a school bus with kids on

January 6, 2010

As an injury lawyer who has handled truck accident and bus accident cases I have seen all kinds of impairments to driving, from texting, drugs, alcohol to even dogs in truck cab, but not with children trying to talk sense to an adult.

A western New York woman was sentenced for drunk driving a school bus with 37 kids on board. Watch the YouTube video showing the older kids asking her to stop. Martha Thompson was sentenced to 90 days in the Alfred town Court.

Too often we assume other drivers are alert and attentive.

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