CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The Latest on the deadly school bus crash in Chattanooga, Tennessee (all times local):
7:25 a.m.
The parent of two of the children who were on a school bus that crashed in Chattanooga, killing at least five children, says he sometimes saw the bus driver going faster than he should have.
In an interview that aired Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America," Craig Harris said his daughter and stepson were on the bus. He says the two children were in pain and in shock after the Monday afternoon crash but were doing better Tuesday morning.
The school bus driver, 24-year-old Johnthony Walker, was arrested and has been charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, along with reckless driving and reckless endangerment.
Thirty-five students from kindergarten through fifth grade were on board when the bus flipped onto its side and wrapped around a tree.
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3:30 a.m.
The driver of an elementary school bus that crashed in Chattanooga, killing at least five children, has been arrested and faces charges including vehicular homicide.
Calling the Monday afternoon crash "every public safety professional's worst nightmare," Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher told an overnight news conference that 24-year-old bus driver Johnthony Walker was charged with five counts of vehicular homicide. Walker was also charged with reckless driving and reckless endangerment.
Fletcher said earlier that investigators were looking at speed "very, very strongly" as a factor in the crash.
Police said overnight that five children were killed in the crash. Earlier in the day, Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston told news outlets the crash killed six. The Associated Press wasn't immediately able to reach officials early Tuesday to clarify the discrepancy.