Attorney: Bus video proves principal used phone during crash
Posted Feb 7, 2019 01:30:40 PM.
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NORMAN, Okla. — An attorney has alleged that an Oklahoma elementary school principal was using his cellphone when he lost control of a bus on a Texas highway, injuring 27 passengers.
Ty Bell, principal of Cleveland Elementary School Principal in Norman, denies the allegation.
Attorney David L. Smith is representing a girl who was critically injured in the crash. The Oklahoman reports that Smith asked a judge to order Norman Public Schools to release a video he says will prove Bell was using his cellphone.
Smith says the Texas Highway Patrol requested the video for their investigation, but the district refused to co-operate.
The Texas Department of Public Safety listed speed as a factor in the Sept. 29 bus crash that injured 24 fifth-grade girls and three adults travelling to Sea World in San Antonio.
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Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com
The Associated Press
