ATHENS, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The driver of the Athens ISD school bus involved in a deadly accident involving a train has been indicted on injury to a child and manslaughter charges.
78-year-old John Franklin Stevens of Maybank was behind the wheel when the bus was hit by a Union Pacific freight train at a crossing on January 25th.
There were two children on the bus. 13-year-old Christopher Bonilla was killed and a 9-year-old girl was injured.
In a statement, the Henderson County District Attorney’s Office said the bus stopped at the crossing before proceeding the train, which collided with the bus and pushed it a quarter of a mile down the track.
Stevens has been released on bonds totaling $10,000.00.
Athens is about 70 miles southeast of Dallas.
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