Road rage driver breaks school bus window with kids on board, Franklin Co. sheriff says
Police arrested a man, accusing him of punching the window of a school bus filled with children during a road rage incident in Prairie Township.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office announced that a school bus driver for South-Western City Schools honked at a driver who cut her off about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on Sturbridge Road and Beacon Hill Road.
Authorities allege the man then confronted the driver of the school bus, which had 22 kids on board, and punched a window, breaking it.
Franklin County Sheriff deputies found the man and arrested him. He faces charges of menacing, criminal damaging, disorderly conduct, reckless operation of a motor vehicle and parking a vehicle in a roadway.
In a statement, South-Western City School District commended law enforcement and also the bus driver and said his "quick action not only kept students calm during the unnecessary exchange, but also upheld the integrity of our highest district priority — the safe transport of our students to and from school each day."
"When it comes to the safe transport of students, there is simply no place for such senseless aggression and heated exchanges directed towards our dedicated bus drivers, their buses, or our students," according to the statement.
Dispatch reporter Cole Behrens contributed to this report.
bagallion@dispatch.com
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Road rage driver breaks bus window with South-Western kids aboard
