Chattanooga attorneys are picking jurors today in Clarksville, Tenn., for the trial of Johnthony Walker, the 25-year-old bus driver charged with killing six children in the 2016 Talley Road crash.
Johnthony Walker will stand trial Tuesday in Hamilton County Criminal Court in connection with the Nov. 21, 2016, wreck that involved 37 Woodmore Elementary School students.
Attorneys agreed early in May 2017 that Chattanoogans were too biased from news coverage to hear the case. After jurors are selected today, they will be transported to Hamilton County and sequestered for the trial. Their selection starts shortly and will likely take most of the day.
Prosecutors say Walker was speeding on a narrow road in Brainerd when he lost control of bus 366 and ultimately crashed into a walnut tree.
They have charged Walker, who is out on a reduced $50,000 bond, with six counts of vehicular homicide for the six children who died in the crash.