A now-former Granite School District bus driver was charged with multiple counts of arson after prosecutors say he set fire to at least two school buses he drove, including one last year that had children on board.
A Granite School District bus engulfed in flames on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. A former Granite School District driver is now implicated in at least four school bus fires, including this blaze.
Ford eventually stopped the bus, evacuated the students and used an extinguisher to douse the fire, the documents state. One child was treated for smoke inhalation.Granite School District spokesperson Ben Horsley said Thursday that Ford was under “significant suspicion” after so many fires, but that officials “did not have sufficient evidence to prove that he had done anything wrong or criminal.”
Ford had been working with the school district since 1998. He was placed on leave in April, and the district fired him in June, Horsley said. “Mr. Ford endangered the lives of not only the children on the bus, but also the other drivers on the road,” Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said in a statement. “These charges reflect the severity of the risk that was created by Mr. Ford.”
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