Grant CO. Driver Evidently Slipped Past Random Tests

A Grant County school bus driver, had illegal drugs in her system after the bus she was driving crashed, doctors said. A Grant County bus driver involved in a crash that injured 17 students apparently managed to slip though a random drug-testing system similar to those in place in other area school districts.

Doctors found cocaine, marijuana and several prescription drugs in her system after a Jan. 17 accident that sent two middle school students to the hospital and injured 15 others. She was indicted Wednesday on several counts that included assault, wanton endangerment and possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia.

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