Crime & Safety
Man Faces DUI Charge in Parkland School Bus Crash
Scott Michael Haas, whose car collided with a Parkland School bus, was notified by summons of the charges, according to a report on lehighvalleylive.com. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
A 27-year-old man faces charges after on March 1 in the 200 block of South Cedar Crest Boulevard, near .
Scott Michael Haas, who was driving a white Audi A4 that was northbound on Cedar Crest Boulevard, has been charged with driving under the influence, a misdemeanor offense, and not driving on the right side of the road, a summary offense, according to a report on lehighvalleylive.com.
Haas, of 5211 Blue Sky Drive, Orefield, had the prescription drugs methadone and lorazepam in his system at the time of the crash, according to the report.
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The Parkland school bus, which was traveling south on Cedar Crest Boulevard, was carrying four students to Lehigh Valley Christian Academy in Salisbury Township. It toppled to its side in the crash.
Haas, the bus driver and the students had been taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. .
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A preliminary hearing for Haas is set for May 9.
The above information was supplied by the South Whitehall police. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
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