No charges in fatal La Porte accident involving 15-year-old
Published: Oct. 19, 2023 at 11:23 AM EDT
LA PORTE, Ind. (WNDU) - La Porte Police say no charges will be filed in the case where a 15-year-old boy crashed his scooter into a school bus.
Julien Hernandez died in the crash, which happened Friday, Oct. 13, in La Porte.
According to our reporting partners at the South Bend Tribune, the school bus driver tested negative for alcohol in her system, a standard procedure in any fatality or crash involving a driver with a commercial driver’s license.
“She did what she was supposed to do,” LaPorte Police Chief Paul Brettin said. “There was nothing she did that would be criminal in nature or negligent.”
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