Driver Indicted in Fatal Crash of N.Y. School Bus
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — A grand jury has indicted a school bus driver on manslaughter and assault charges in a May accident that killed three people and injured 20 others, police said Friday.
State Police Sgt. Dennis Cody said Louis Taylor, 44, was indicted by a Dutchess County grand jury on three counts of second-degree manslaughter, eight counts of second-degree assault and 11 counts of third-degree assault.
Taylor, an employee of Laidlaw Transportation Inc., was driving the bus May 16 in the town of Clinton Corners when the vehicle missed a curve, hit a utility pole, flipped over a guardrail and plunged down a ravine.
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