Utah school bus driver arrested on DUI allegations while taking 67 students on field trip
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A Utah school bus driver has been arrested on suspicion of DUI after swerving lanes and nearly hitting a car on a busy stretch of highway while taking 67 elementary-school students on a field trip.
Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Blaine Robbins said Monday that authorities suspect Lycia Martinez had taken prescription anti-anxiety/muscle-relaxer pills.
Robbins says a motorist and a parent on the bus made 911 calls about the erratic driving.
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Davis School District spokesman Chris Williams says Martinez has worked for the district for six years. She's on paid leave during the investigation.
Martinez doesn't have a listed phone number, and it's unclear if she has an attorney yet.
The fifth- and sixth-graders made it to a student council conference at Brigham Young University after another driver shuttled them the rest of the way.