In a case we reported on before, a school bus driver in Maryland Monday was charged with homicide by vehicle for causing a crash that killed a man and hurt five students. It marks the second time the driver has been charged in a fatal crash. http://bus-law.com/blog/2010/02/bus-driver-who-sparked-cellphone-ban-debate-is-involved-in-second-fatal-accidentbus-driver-who-sparked-cellphone-ban-debate-is-involved-in-second-fata.html http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/all-news-bus-charge-031610-cn,0,5592567.story
During a press conference Monday, authorities in Montgomery County, Md., said they had viewed from the bus that showed that Frederick Poust, 38, of Schwenksville was negligent in his driving, driving recklessly and causing the fatal accident. The video also showed that Poust had run through several stop signs.
Poust was behind the wheel of a Perkiomen Valley School District bus Feb. 18 when he tried to make a turn onto Perkiomen Valley Middle School West and hit a vehicle driving in the opposite direction.
A passenger in that car, Richard Taylor, 27, of Gilbertsville was killed, while the driver, 41-year-old Freddie Carroll of Perkiomnville sustained serious injuries. Five of the 45 children on the bus had minor injuries.
This isn’t Poust’s first involvement in a fatal car crash. In 1999 was calling his girlfriend on his cellphone when he ran a stop sign and hit a car, killing the toddler Morgan Lee Pena. Her parents become vocal proponents of bans on drivers using cellphones, and they even appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to argue their case.
