Drivers ticketed for crash that ended with school bus in swimming pool
An Orange County school bus driver is one of two people being blamed for a crash that ended with a school bus in a swimming pool.
The school bus collided with an SUV on Willowwood Street and Rushwood Court off Hiawassee Road last week.
The Florida Highway Patrol has now ticketed the bus driver, Eddikison Pena, 53, for driving over a double yellow line and the SUV driver, Yerica Vilorio Cuevas, 25, for failing to use due care.
Nine children with special needs from Magnolia School were unhurt. They were loaded onto another bus and taken to school.
Investigators said they used video from onboard the bus during their investigation.
“It was noted that other vehicles were safely passing him as he remained slightly over that double yellow line. She should have been able to do the same," said Lt. Kim Montes, a spokeswoman with Florida Highway Patrol.
Three children in the SUV suffered minor injuries.