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Tell Us: Justice and School Bus Safety
A school bus driver from Massapequa Park was sentenced this week in connection with a DWI crash in Syosset. Was it fair?
Posted by Heather Doyle. Written by Ed Robinson.
It was the type of incident that puts a fright into parents everywhere.
A school bus driver who drove children between the ages of 5 and 9 will spend a year in prison for being drunk behind the wheel. None of the children were hurt in the October incident in Syosset and Flowers suffered minor injuries.
Related: Driver in Bus Crash Sentenced to One Year in Prison
Frederick Flowers, 67, of Massapequa Park was sentenced after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the incident.
We want to know if you think that's a fair sentence. Is one year enough for somebody who endangered children. Or do you think it's appropriate given that nobody was hurt.
Let us know in the comment section below.
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