Delivery driver fined for passing school bus as it picked up students
Owen Sound Police file image. (Source: Owen Sound Police/Twitter)
A delivery driver has been handed a costly ticket for passing a school bus while it picked up students.
Owen Sound police say a vehicle drove past a school bus with illuminated emergency lights on as students were about to cross.
The bus driver and students provided police with the vehicle's licence plate and a detailed description of the driver.
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Throughout the course of the investigation, police determined that a delivery company had employed the driver.
The company was contacted and the driver was charged with Fail to Stop for School Bus Signal Lights.
The offence carries a fine of $490 and 6 demerit points.
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