Crime & Safety
Poll: Does $85 Ticket Serve Justice?
A Cranston teen has been served a $85 ticket for allegedly causing a bus carrying elementary school-aged children to crash, seriously injuring the driver of the bus.

Thirty-two people were sent to area hospitals after the bus they were riding in . According to police, the majority of the passengers were elementary school-aged children returning from a field trip in Newport. The bus driver was seriously injured in the crash after he was ejected from the vehicle.
who they said into the left-front side of the bus. The 17-year-old was issued a summons for failing to stay in the lane of travel.
The fine for the moving violation? $85.
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Do you think this is a fair punishment or should the teen driver face harsher charges?