Footage of a DeSoto County bus driver keeping kids captive in a school bus has gone viral, so what happened to them?
A Facebook Live video has garnered attention on social media after showing a bus driver seemingly refusing to allow school children to exit the vehicle. The footage was captured by a parent in DeSoto County, Mississippi, and anger from fellow parents has erupted online.
WATCH: Parents outraged at DeSoto County bus driver for locking children in
Footage captured on August 31 shows a bus full of school kids crying and screaming in fear as they cannot exit the yellow vehicle.
The bus was transporting youngsters from Center Hill Elementary School and parents were initially concerned as they were returning home late, as per reports. They eventually found the bus and saw that the driver refused to let them leave.
“Open the door, that’s my child,” shouted the furious mother as they banged on the door. “Somebody better get that door open, I promise you. Look at those kids scream and cry like that; that woman has lost her mind.”
The driver identified by the recorder is a female with short white hair and wore sunglasses.
A bystander asked the video uploader why the driver wouldn’t let the kids off the bus, but she was unsure.
A young girl inside the bus can also be seen telling the camera: “They won’t let us out.”
Soon enough, children began tossing their backpacks and climbing out the window to escape.
According to reports, the bus was stopped after a student refused to hand over a phone to the driver.
“But why would she hold them hostage and against their will??!!” one Twitter user questioned.
What happened to the bus driver?
The unnamed bus driver is on leave after the “traumatizing” clip went viral but they are still employed.
DeSoto County News quotes Superintendent Cory Uselton:
“The bus driver was a substitute for that route, and a new driver has been assigned to the bus route for the remainder of the school year. The bus driver is still an employee of DeSoto County Schools.”
A Facebook user named Lisa Stephens, who allegedly knows the driver, has defended her actions, claiming the driver was following protocol.
Stephens alleges that a fight broke out on the bus and the driver called “the bus shop to report it and also had to call the law.” They were waiting for law enforcement and DeSoto County School to arrive when a student pulled out her phone, which as per district bus rules, is prohibited.
“Then all the other children went to screaming.”
There has been no further information from law enforcement.
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