Fed panel: 2 deadly school bus crash drivers unfit for job

Johnthony Walker, 25, testifies during his criminal trial Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in Judge Don Poole's courtroom at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Chattanooga, Tenn. Walker is standing trial for the Nov. 21, 2016 bus crash in which six of the 37 Woodmore Elementary School students on board died.
Johnthony Walker, 25, testifies during his criminal trial Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in Judge Don Poole's courtroom at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Chattanooga, Tenn. Walker is standing trial for the Nov. 21, 2016 bus crash in which six of the 37 Woodmore Elementary School students on board died.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal panel says drivers in the November 2016 deadly school bus crashes in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Baltimore shouldn't have been behind the wheel.

The National Transportation Safety Board discussed its report Tuesday.

Authorities say Johnthony Walker was speeding when he crashed in Chattanooga, killing six children. He faces a four-year prison sentence.

The panel found Walker had two prior bus crashes and unsafe driving complaints. It says he was talking on his cellphone when the bus crashed in 2016.

Baltimore driver Glenn Chappell had no children on board when he rear-ended a car and hit a transit bus. Chappell and five people on the other bus died.

The presentation said Chappell was likely incapacitated, and often omitted his history of seizures. It said Chappell regained licensing with fraudulent documents.

Woodmore Elementary school bus crash

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