A New York school bus driver was arrested Tuesday after police say a 5-year-old child was dragged along the road when the child’s backpack got caught in the bus door.
\n\nTasha Van Dayne, 37, of Clinton, New York, was charged with second-degree reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor, according to a statement from the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office.
\n\nThe sheriff’s office said that it responded Monday to reports that a 5-year-old was being dragged by a school bus that was driven by Van Dayne.
\n\nVan Dayne was driving a 2023 full-size IC Bus for Clinton Central School District in Clinton, a central New York town that is roughly 50 miles southeast of Syracuse, according to the sheriff’s office.
\n\nAuthorities said that the incident occurred on Van Dayne’s afternoon route, shortly after she let several children off at a residence.
\n\nVan Dayne closed the door as the last child exited the bus and the child’s backpack became trapped in the bus doors, the sheriff’s office said.
\n\nThe child was dragged “a distance” before the bus stopped and the child suffered minor injuries, according to authorities.
\n\nThe investigation is ongoing, the sheriff’s office said.
\n\nVan Dayne did not immediately respond to a request for…
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