Mount Pleasant (WBAP/KLIF News) – Authorities have released new information about a deadly accident involving an 18-wheeler and a school bus on Highway 271 in East Texas on March 23.
47-year-old Bradley Farmer was driving his big rig and swerved into a school bus that was carrying the Mount Pleasant High School track team.
Farmer and the team’s assistant coach died at the scene. 18 of the students on the bus were taken to local hospitals.
The team had been traveling back to Mount Pleasant after a meet.
A toxicology report obtained by the Mount Pleasant Tribune shows that Farmer had a .19 concentration of methamphetamine in his blood.
He tested negative for any other drugs or alcohol.
A handful of parents have already filed lawsuits against the trucking company that employed Farmer.
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