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Updated: 8:58 AM Mar 14, 2010
Driver in fatal Gadsden County, Fla. school bus crash once unfit for job
A newspaper has obtained a memo showing the driver of a full school bus that crashed and killed a student in Gadsden County once admitted having a medical condition that barred him from the job.
Posted: 9:32 PM Mar 12, 2010Reporter: Assoc. Press  Gadsden County School Bus Crash Latest |
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A newspaper has obtained a memo showing the driver of a full school bus that crashed and killed a student once admitted having a medical condition that barred him from the job.
The Tallahassee Democrat reported Friday that Timothy Kelly told school administrators in June he was an insulin-dependent diabetic.
State law prevents drivers from having that condition because it can cause unconsciousness or disorientation.
After being told he couldn't work, Kelly gave the Gadsden County School District a doctor's note saying he was taking other medication.
An investigation found Kelly was slumped over the wheel and may not have braked at all before slamming into a tree Monday. A 17-year-old student died a day later, and several others were seriously injured.
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There is a pill that some diabetics can take if their condition is not severe. Im not sure if it is actually considered insulin or not. But this might be a sort of a loop hole in the system. But i still see legal suits on the horizon. Another bit of info to add here. I know that CDL licensed people are required to go through regular health screenings, im not sure what the interval is though. I believe its every 2 years.
I can smell a manslaughter charge for two people soon: the bus driver and his doctor. I say 30 years tops, and the doctor should lose their medical license. How can you be so stupid as to lie about your condition and end up killing an innocent person? Even if there isn't a manslaughter charge, the county will have to pay compensation. Most likely, there will be charges.
Whatever happened to urine testing? Or it that politically incorrect and an invasion of privacy?
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