Posted on 02/22/2008 6:43:56 AM PST by Sopater
MARSHALL, MINN. - The 23-year-old woman whose van collided with a school bus was arrested Thursday afternoon and booked on suspicion of criminal vehicular operation in connection with the crash that killed four children near Cottonwood, Minn.
Alianiss Morales, of Minneota, Minn., is expected to be charged and make her first court appearance this morning, said Lyon County Attorney Rick Maes.
The Minnesota State Patrol's investigation of the crash continued Thursday, and Maes said much of the paperwork from the investigation was already on his desk.
"One [part of the investigation] is whether she was operating the vehicle in a grossly negligent manner," Maes said.
"So we need to look at what exactly witnesses identified at that particular intersection."
Maes would not elaborate on Morales' actions that led to the arrest, and declined to say whether she was speeding. Other charges are possible, but it is unlikely that other drivers involved will be charged, Maes said.
The driver of the pickup truck involved in the crash said that the van driven by Morales hit the side of the school bus at the intersection of Minnesota Hwy. 23 and County Road 24 near Cottonwood on Tuesday afternoon.
The bus skidded on its side into the pickup truck driven by James Hancock, 47, of Marshall, who is hospitalized with a broken leg, a broken hand and other injuries.
The children who died were Jesse Javens, 13, and Hunter Javens, 9, both of Cottonwood; Reed Stevens, 12, of Marshall; and Emilee Olson, 9, of Cottonwood. They were among 28 students on the bus. In addition to Hancock, eight children remained hospitalized in Sioux Falls, S.D., Marshall and Rochester.
Reactions to Morales' arrest were mixed at a prayer service Thursday.
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Every county and municipality handles these events differently. Some check. Some don’t. My county checks and holds several a week for ICE.
What a joke you are. To hell with Amnesty John McCain.
Jenny O. No Thanksgiving for you. Remember them this fall.
ICE...how about a raid? I bet they have a lot of SS no matches.
Excuse me!. For about the third or fourth time in the last hour......
I PINGED THE LIST AS AN UPDATE FOR PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE SITUATION.
The scare tactics to attempt to intimidate people into voting for McCain just don’t seem to have much bite do they?
Some cop to sorry to complete the payer work was the cause of one of these in Maryland. The parents of the kids need to ask the mayor that question.
That's good, but I would like to see concerned citizens show up outside of all the Jenny-o plants with picket signs too.
And their assets made subject to forfeiture.
But that is what the federal government has charge the lawn service guy in Huston with haven't they.
No, not with me they don't. Especially not from this stick up his butt "conservative" HD1200 newbie.
When it comes to that lump faced SOB Amnesty John McCain, I'm voting for the lump.
Hope you and the rest refusing to vote for McCain love a President Obama and don’t complain for the next 8 years about him please as your taxes go up, the fence doesn’t get built (he is now against a fence in last nights debate) and watch your SS taxes go up, and illegals get driver’s licenses.
There are few here that have despised McCain over the years more than me. But I am a realist now.
“Actually, she had NO drivers license, and had been arrested back in 2006 for driving without a license. Go figure.”
They came here illegally and are not likely to start abiding by the law once they’re here. Telling people they have to have a license to drive is like telling them that a particular area is a gun free zone.
Wait until the rest of us catch on to avoiding the “inconvenience” of acquiring a driver’s license or filing tax returns et al. The govt will rue the day they created all these scofflaws.
I think you are a silly twit.
Just another back handed insult, why don't you vote for the backstabber if you want and leave the people that don't alone.
These children were the victims of: the corporations who knowingly hire illegals; Congress and the executive, who refuse to seal the border; cheap, pandering local politicians who deliberately put their constituents’ lives at risk for the sake of ethnic votes.
I live in a town—Evanston Illinois—where members of the City Council are considering a resolution that would protect illegal aliens from the federal authorities. Will this incident give them reason to pause: I sure hope so.
Simple. Make schools a "bus free zone." Works for guns, right?
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