Chattanooga Police Chief Discusses Charges Against Bus Driver (LISTEN)

November 22, 2016

Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher says the bus driver has been charged in connection to the deadly crash on Talley Road Monday afternoon.

Chief Fletcher says 24-year-old Johnthony Walker has been charged with five counts of vehicular homicide and one count of reckless endangerment.

The bus has 35 students aboard. Walker was driving "well above" the posted speed of 30 mph, police say, when the bus rolled over Monday afternoon and crashed into a tree, injuring 26 students and claiming the lives of five children.