Crime A school bus driver is facing charges after having dozens of students on board while drunk, sheriff's office says

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(CNN)A Flagler County, Florida, school district bus driver accused of driving drunk while 40 middle school students were on board was arrested Wednesday, police said.

Mark McNeill was allegedly found to have four times the legal limit of blood alcohol content at the time of his arrest, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office. CNN has reached out to McNeill, who was released on bond on Thursday, but has not heard back.

McNeill, 60, allegedly arrived to work for his shift Wednesday and a coworker who noticed the smelled of alcohol alerted supervisors, the sheriff's office said.

Police say the driver took the wrong bus, picked up about 40 students from a middle school and began dropping them off at their stops, ignoring attempts by school officials to reach him by radio.

A school bus driver is facing charges after having dozens of students on board while drunk, sheriff's office says | CNN

A Flagler County, Florida, school district bus driver accused of driving drunk while 40 middle school students were on board was arrested Wednesday, police said.

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