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School bus driver’s attorney challenges investigation of fatal Woodmore crash

Johnthony Walker sits quietly to himself during a brief recess in his criminal trial Tuesday, Feb. 27, 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 sits quietly to himself during a brief recess in his criminal trial Tuesday, Feb. 27, 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.

By Zack Peterson February 28, 2018 5 min read

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During the opening day of trial Tuesday, prosecutors said evidence would show Johnthony Walker was speeding and on the phone when he crashed his school bus, killing six elementary students.

Shortly after that, the 25-year-old’s defense attorney got a state witness to say one of those things wasn’t true.

“You certainly weren’t on the phone with Mr. Walker at the time of the accident, were you?” defense attorney Amanda Dunn asked Takiesha Nixon.

“I was not,” Nixon said.

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