Student faints in hot bus, driver faces consequences
Digital Reporter
Thursday, June 2, 2016, 11:50 AM - Alarming footage has been released showing students begging to open windows on their school bus in Everett, Washington on a hot and humid day.
Temperatures topped 26oC on April 19, the day video surveillance captured the incident.
One student can be heard saying, "Amaya passed out on the bus. It's too hot."
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The bus driver refuses to budge in the video replying with, "Ok, right now can you fan her?"
"Why can't we just open the windows?" a student pleads.
The driver's excuse? The bus was borrowed and opening the windows meant the alarms would sound.
At one point, the driver allowed a few of the students to get off the bus, including the female who became ill, despite the fact it was not their regular stop.
“I was sorry to see that she was not more compassionate with students, and that also students were allowed to get off the bus at places that were not their normal stops,” Mary Waggoner with Everett Public Schools told King 5 News.
The driver has since been fired from Durham Transportation, the company Everett Public Schools contracts with for bus service.
SOURCE: King 5 News
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