A truck driver was charged with criminally negligent homicide after a fatal school bus crash in Texas.
Over 40 pre-K students were on the school bus for a field trip return.
On Friday, a truck driver was apprehended and accused of criminally negligent homicide for the March 22 school bus crash in Texas, which resulted in the deaths of a man and a boy.
According to The Associated Press, Sgt. Deon Cockrell of the Texas Department of Public Safety stated that Jerry Hernandez, 42, was arrested without incident at a residence in Bastrop County.
Currently, Hernandez's bond is set at $500,000, as per Bastrop County Jail. At present, Hernandez does not have an attorney.
Last week, Texas police interviewed Hernandez in the hospital, according to KVUE, which cited court documents. Hernandez allegedly confessed to smoking marijuana prior to the accident.
On the morning of March 22, at 1 a.m., Hernandez allegedly consumed cocaine despite only sleeping about three hours prior, and he also refused to give a blood sample for analysis, according to court documents.
Near Texas State Highway 21 and Caldwell Road in Bastrop County, a rural highway outside Austin, a deadly collision occurred around 2 p.m., as reported by FOX Austin.
The school bus was carrying 40 pre-K students and 11 adults from Tom Green Elementary School on a zoo field trip.
The crash resulted in the death of 5-year-old Ulises Rodriguez Montoya, who was on the bus, and Ryan Wallace, 33, a doctoral student at the University of Texas, who was driving in another vehicle that was hit by the truck.
Six individuals with serious injuries were transported to hospitals via ambulance, while four others were airlifted in critical condition following the crash.
The Hays Consolidated Independent School District released a video showing other drivers leaving their cars to race towards the bus.
The Associated Press reported that the school district stated the bus involved in the crash did not have seatbelts. The investigation into the crash is ongoing and authorities have not yet disclosed the speed of the vehicles at the time of the collision.
Planet Chronicle' Michael Dorgan and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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