A school bus driver in north Harris County is accused of driving students while intoxicated and is expected to leave jail after posting $100 bond.
#NOW– SCHOOL BUS DRIVER ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, STUDENTS ARE SAFE!
Constable Deputies have one female in custody near Aldine Westfield and Hirschfield Road for Driving While Intoxicated while students were on board!
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Deputy constables say the woman, identified as Linda Godejohn, was caught driving the bus Thursday with students from YES Prep Public School on board.
Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman said Godejohn failed a field sobriety test “miserably” after callers into 911 reported the school bus driver for driving erratically.
Godejohn was arrested near Aldine Westfield and Hirschfield Road shortly after 2 p.m.
Deputy constables said the students riding the bus were all between the ages of 13 or 14 years old. We do not know which YES Prep campus the students attend classes at.
No students were injured during the incident.
Godejohn is a bus driver for First Student Bus Company, which is a vendor to YES Prep.
The school released this statement Thursday evening:
YES Prep Public Schools has learned that a contracted bus driver was pulled over for driving erratically and then taken into custody for suspicion of driving while intoxicated. If these allegations prove true, we are furious that this driver put our students in harm’s way.
The bus driver is employed by First Student Bus Company – a bus vendor contracted by YES Prep – and is not a YES Prep employee. All of First Student Bus Company’s drivers undergo regular finger printing and rigorous background checks. If she is formally charged, she will never again be behind the wheel of a YES Prep-contracted bus.
We entrust our contracted bus drivers to get children home safely and without incident. Our top priority will always be the safety and well-being of our students – in and out of the classroom.
