Deputies investigate illegal pass near Standish school bus
The incident was caught on a close by security camera.
STANDISH, Maine — Update
The driver of the silver car that police say handed a stopped college bus in Standish has been determined. The alleged incident was caught on a nearby protection digicam.
Carly Rioux, 19, of Gorham was issued a summons to Bridgton District Court docket in Bridgton for passing a stopped college bus although lights are activated, a class E criminal offense, according to a information release issued by Capt. Kerry Joyce of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Business. The incident is punishable by a $250 wonderful for to start with offenders.
“This circumstance highlights the fact that motor motor vehicle operators require to gradual down and obey numerous basic safety lights, regardless of whether it is a flashing pink light on faculty buses or working a purple targeted traffic light-weight,” Joyce wrote.
The release also famous that the incident took area on March 16 and was reported to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Business on March 21 by personnel from MSAD 6 Bus Garage.
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Place of work is investigating immediately after a automobile illegally passed a college bus in Standish late very last week.
Video from a safety digital camera posted to Facebook and YouTube demonstrates the auto ignoring the stopped bus as it dropped off a student. It displays the automobile move on the appropriate facet, among the bus and a driveway, just inches from the vehicle’s door.
MSAD 6 Bonny Eagle Superintendent Paul Penna reported the bus driver saw the vehicle and stopped the female from exiting just in time.
“I just hooked my cameras up four months in the past and thankfully caught this on video clip,” Dawn Murray wrote Monday. “I’m pleased all people is unharmed.”
Penna said deputies have been still investigating. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Business office did not instantly return Information Centre Maine’s ask for for comment.