Police: New York bus driver drove drunk with 35 students on board; few minor injuries
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Police say a school bus driver was driving drunk with 35 students on board when she sideswiped a utility pole in suburban New York.
It happened Monday as 56-year-old Mary Coletti was taking students to Walter Panas High School in Cortdandt.
Authorities say she sideswiped the pole around 7 a.m.
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They say her blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit of .08 percent.
A few students suffered minor injuries.
Lakeland School District Superintendent George Stone tells The Journal News Coletti's bus driver's license has been revoked.
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Coletti was arraigned Monday and sent to jail on $1,000 bail. She's due back in court May 18.
It's unclear if she has an attorney.