On Monday morning in Salt Lake City, a bus from a elementary school was on its way to a student council meeting for a fieldtrip. On board were 67 children, 6 chaperones, and the driver, Lycia Martinez. However, there was one major problem that would affect all on board; Lycia was under the influence of several drugs.
Lycia was unable to maintain a single lane while on the highway, several reports confirmed. A parent on the bus, along with fellow drivers behind it, made frantic 911 calls to report the frantic tale.
"I don't get scared easily, but my heart is pounding," the parent told the emergency dispatcher. Screams are in fact audible on the line when the bus almost collided with a van.
Eventually, a Highway Patrol unit found and stopped the bus on the side of the highway. The officer then put Lycia through a road-side sobriety test, and she failed. Four different prescription medications were found in her purse, and each had warnings of side effects like drowsiness, etc. Lycia has no previous history of driving under the influence or vehicle misconduct.
Eventually, the students made it to their location with a different bus driver. No updates on Lycia or her case have been presented yet.
This is a great story, but you need to include interviews.
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