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School Bus Overturns on NOLA Highrise, 9 kids hurt, Driver NOT Permitted,Bus Not Inspected
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:19 am
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:19 am
WWL-TV
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NEW ORLEANS — A school bus that overturned on Interstate-10 in New Orleans East on Wednesday morning had never been inspected and was driven by an unpermitted driver.
City spokesman Beau Tidwell confirmed the Hammond’s Transportation bus was driven by Chad Rodney, who had applied for a city school bus permit on Sept. 24 and was denied because he had a 2016 conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. By state law, school bus drivers can’t operate within five years of such a conviction, Tidwell said.
Hammond’s also failed to get a large number of its fleet inspected after failing several city inspections. Tidwell confirmed this particular bus, SB-219, had never appeared for its city inspection under new city school bus safety rules.
Fourteen students were on the bus at the time of the crash. Paramedics took nine students to two different hospitals, where one student was listed in "serious condition" but stable.
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Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:20 am to rt3
MORRIS BART FINNA EAT
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:21 am to rt3
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driven by Chad Rodney, who had applied for a city school bus permit on Sept. 24 and was denied because he had a 2016 conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. By state law, school bus drivers can’t operate within five years of such a conviction,
5 years? It should be permanent.
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:23 am to Parmen
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5 years? It should be permanent.
I don't think you realize how little this job pays.
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:24 am to Jcorye1
Mess up one time when you are 20 and some people want it to haunt them for the rest of their lives.
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:25 am to Jcorye1
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I don't think you realize how little this job pays.
I don’t think you realize that people convicted of possession and intending to distribute cocaine should not have a job that places children in their care.
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:25 am to Parmen
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I don’t think you realize that people convicted of possession and intending to distribute cocaine should not have a job that places children in their care
For forever?
I think 5 years is fair.
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:28 am to fightin tigers
Possession isn’t the problem. Intent to distribute is.
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:29 am to fightin tigers
How many adults hopped on that bus expecting a quick check to then realize it was school bus and not a city bus
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:29 am to teke184
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Intent to distribute is.
What is the threshold in Lousiana?
This post was edited on 12/18/19 at 10:32 am
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:31 am to rt3
Hammond Transportation's web page
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Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:32 am to fightin tigers
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Mess up one time when you are 20 and some people want it to haunt them for the rest of their lives.
We're talking about driving a school bus full of young kids, not bussing tables
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:33 am to fightin tigers
Looks like between 28 grams and 200 grams.
With weed, that isn’t necessarily a huge amount. Coke? That’s a lot.
With weed, that isn’t necessarily a huge amount. Coke? That’s a lot.
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:33 am to fightin tigers
quote:safe to say none of those kids on the bus are yours
I think 5 years is fair.
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:35 am to arcalades
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safe to say none of those kids on the bus are yours
Im not naive enough to believe everyone who comes in contact with my child is pure as the driven snow.
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:44 am to fightin tigers
I don’t expect pure as driven snow but I don’t think 5 years is enough separation to prove a fully rehabilitated lifestyle enough to drive my child. I would be much more comfortable with 10 years removed with no drug related offenses in that time period.
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:46 am to fightin tigers
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pure as the driven snow
interesting choice of words here
Posted on 12/18/19 at 10:48 am to LSUGrrrl
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I don’t expect pure as driven snow but I don’t think 5 years is enough separation to prove a fully rehabilitated lifestyle enough to drive my child. I would be much more comfortable with 10 years removed with no drug related offenses in that time period
Id have no problem with 10 years either. Perhaps the longer the better.
Just take issue with getting caught with a oz being a life sentence.
Posted on 12/18/19 at 11:16 am to rt3
School bus drivers are hard to find... no one wants to do it for the wages provided, and people don't want to give the schools more money to increase wages to hire better drivers.
Posted on 12/18/19 at 11:28 am to Parmen
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I don’t think you realize that people convicted of possession and intending to distribute cocaine should not have a job that places children in their care.
Why? I mean I get child molestation or if they distributed to minors, but what makes this so much worse than other things?
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