School bus driver accused of DUI after crash; no students on board

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A schoolhouse autobus driven by a antheral accused of driving nether the power crashed on Interstate 295.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A schoolhouse autobus operator was arrested successful Duval County and accused of driving nether the power of a controlled substance Thursday greeting aft she crashed into an interstate motion and drove disconnected Interstate 295.

According to a study from the Florida Highway Patrol, operator Lisa Mims, 58, was traveling southbound connected I-295 conscionable earlier 6 a.m. erstwhile she tried to exit onto Interstate 10 but failed to marque the turn.

Video captured by News4Jax showed the autobus ended up wedged nether an underpass on the highway.

No students were connected the autobus astatine the clip of the crash, FHP said, but determination was a 62-year-old autobus show connected committee who was not hurt.

FHP said based connected indicators astatine the scene, Mims was taken disconnected the interstate for an probe of impairment and aboriginal arrested. She besides faces crash-related charges, FHP said.

News4Jax learned the autobus is owned by BESI Transportation, a tiny institution located connected the Northside.

The proprietor of the institution declined an interrogation but said the autobus is for a tiny backstage religion and the institution is looking into what happened.

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