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As other kids scrambled crying and screaming from the bus, the Mary E. Bryant Elementary School safety patroller grabbed a kindergartner.
The driver reportedly said he experienced an issue with the brakes before the bus went into the pond. Deputies say only one child was treated for minor injuries.
As the bus traveled north on Nine Eagles Drive toward The Eagles Community around 2:30 p.m., 10-year-old Nicholas Sierra noticed the bus driver struggling to slow the bus down.
27-children were on the bus Thursday when witnesses say it approached a curve too fast, left the roadway, clipped a tree then overturned in a lake.
The bus’ driver, 54-year-old Lenior Sainfimin, is not now facing charges, according to the Tampa Bay Times, but is suspended with pay, pending the results of a toxicology test and the overall investigation into the incident.
Though it is not officially known what went wrong with the bus yet, Sierra said the brakes weren’t working. “People were running everywhere”, said parent Joey Batdorff.
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Deborah and Michael Sierra got the phone call just minutes after the bus accident Thursday.
