School bus driver arrested after being filmed allowing students as young as 11 to drive the vehicle
27-year-old Dehaven McAtee was arrested and charged with felony neglect of a dependent after she was filmed allowing the school children to drive the bus.
An Indiana bus driver has been arrested and charged with felony neglect of a dependent after she was filmed allowing school children, one as young as 11, to drive the bus. The culprit, 27-year-old Joandrea Dehaven McAtee, was detained this past Friday after the video of the incident was brought to the attention of the authorities by concerned parents.
According to the Daily Mail, it was found that McAtee had allowed three students — aged 11, 13, and 17 — to drive the school bus over short distances in rural Valparaiso, Indiana. Furthermore, there were other students present in the vehicle at the time, a few of whom went on to record the entire ordeal.