5-year-old 'dragged' by school bus after driver 'trapped' child's backpack in vehicle doors: Sheriff

Inset: Tasha Van Dayne (Oneida County Sheriff's Office). Background: The country successful New York wherever Van Dayne allegedly dragged a kid with a schoolhouse autobus (Google Maps).

A 37-year-old schoolhouse autobus operator successful New York was arrested aft she allegedly "trapped" the backpack of a disembarking 5-year-old pupil successful the vehicle's doors and started driving, "dragging" the pupil alongside the bus.

The driver, Tasha Van Dayne, was taken into custody Tuesday and charged with 1 number of reckless endangerment, authorities announced.

According to a press release from the Oneida County Sheriff's Office, deputies connected Monday responded to the country of Martin Drive successful Kirkland for a study of a 5-year-old kid being "dragged by a schoolhouse bus." Kirkland is astir 50 miles eastbound of Syracuse.

Van Dayne was driving her regular day way for the Clinton Central School District astatine the time, deputies said.

Authorities said Van Dayne stopped successful beforehand of the alleged victim's home, wherever respective children exited the bus.

"Van Dayne closed the schoolhouse autobus doorway arsenic the past kid exited the autobus and the backpack of the kid became trapped successful the autobus doors," the sheriff's bureau wrote successful the release. "The kid was dragged a region earlier the autobus stopped."

The kid suffered "minor injuries" arsenic a effect of the incident, officials said.

Van Dayne turned herself successful to authorities connected Tuesday, was arrested, past was issued an quality summons and released.

A property merchandise from the schoolhouse territory said the victim's backpack "became caught" successful the autobus doorway arsenic the autobus continued forward, "dragging the pupil for a abbreviated region earlier the operator became alert of what had happened and stopped."

"While we are relieved that the pupil did not prolong superior carnal injuries, we admit that this was a frightening and traumatic experience, not lone for the pupil involved, but besides for the children who were inactive connected the autobus and witnessed what occurred," the district's merchandise states. "Today and successful the days ahead, our schoolhouse enactment squad volition beryllium disposable to supply counseling and enactment arsenic needed."

The territory did not place Van Dayne by name, but said that the operator progressive successful the incidental "will nary longer beryllium transporting students."

Van Dayne is scheduled to look successful Kirkland Town Court connected Nov. 16, authorities said.

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