The Leander Independent School District bus driver may have been on up to nine medications, according to Travis County deputies. An arrest warrant says Legrand admitted she took pain killers and anti-depressants and mixed them with alcohol the night before she was arrested.
Much of the video is blurred with no audio when the kids are on the bus, to protect their identities. However, Legrand does talk after the children are off of the school bus.
“My bus is kind of all out of kilter,” said Legrand on her bus radio.
Later, she speaks to an official when stopped.
“Something is going big-time wrong,” she said.
It also appears Legrand leaves the bus for more than a couple of minutes while the kids are onboard.
“It’s half anger, half fear, half sad. It’s like a mixture of emotions, right? Because you picture your kids on that bus, luckily they weren’t,” said Joe Horsey, a parent of a student in first grade and another in kindergarten.
Horsey says his children usually take the bus, but didn’t on that day. He believes the district handled the situation well after the incident.
The district reviewed the video and fired Legrand.
Deputies say Legand claimed to have had six years of experience as a bus driver. She is charged with DWI, a charge elevated to a felony due to children being on board. A misdemeanor charge was also added for the damage done to the mailbox, trees, and other things which were destroyed along the roadway. VIDEO
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