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Bus Driver Accused Of Drinking Alcohol While Driving Students Home From Smithtown School Bus Driver Accused Of Drinking Alcohol While Driving Students Home From Smithtown School
Bus Driver Accused Of Drinking Alcohol While Driving Students Home From Smithtown School Police are investigating reports that a bus driver was drinking alcohol while driving students home from a Long Island school. The alleged incident happened on a We Transport bus taking students home from Smithtown West High School on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 4, according to Suffolk County Police. A school district employee contacted officers at around 3:15 p.m. after someone snapped a picture showing an open alcoholic beverage on the bus. District Superintendent Mark Secaur later sent a message to parents saying they received a report of a bus driver drinking on the job. “It was confir…

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by Michael Mashburn
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New Info: 2 Dead, Including Band Director, In Farmingdale HS Bus Crash New Info: 2 Dead, Including Band Director, In Farmingdale HS Bus Crash
New Info: 2 Dead, Including Band Director, In Farmingdale HS Bus Crash Two adults were killed, including a high school band director, and at least five students suffered critical injuries in a bus rollover crash in the Hudson Valley.  New Update: Band Director, Retired Teacher ID'd As Victims In Horrific Hudson Valley Bus Crash The crash happened in Orange County on I-84 near Exit 15 at around 1:10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21. "This was a day of terror," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said just hours after the crash in the small town of Wawayanda, located about 45 miles northwest of New York City. Band, cheerleading, and dance students from Farmingdale H…

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by Sophie Grieser