Overview
- A train clipped a Sumter County school bus in Bushnell on Thursday, leaving 29 students and an aide shaken but uninjured.
- Deputies say onboard video captured the driver moving onto the tracks after the warning lights came on and the gates began to lower as a voice said, “Not gonna stop for no train.”
- Driver Yvonne Hampton was arrested Monday on 29 felony counts of child neglect, along with misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and culpable negligence.
- A Sumter County judge set roughly $30,000 bond Tuesday and ordered her to avoid contact with bus occupants, stay away from school duties, and not drive a bus.
- The school district removed the East Central Avenue crossing from bus routes, citing the lack of red lights and tight clearance, as both district and sheriff investigations continue.