Crime & Safety

Intoxicated School Bus Driver Fired

Blood-alcohol level of Lexington 3 bus driver was five times the legal limit, police say.

Lexington 3 school bus driver, in the pickup line at Batesburg-Leesville Elementary School, has been fired, WIS reported.

"Police say Davidson's blood-alcohol level was .20, or five times the legal limit of .04 for a commercial driver, when he was involved in the accident Thursday afternoon," the station reported.

Batesburg-Leesville police say the accident happened in the school's bus loading zone. Davidson reportedly struck a bus in line, which struck another bus. A total of eighty-nine students were on the three buses at the time of the accident, the station reported.

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