Baltimore school bus driver had traffic violation history
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore school bus driver who died along with five others in a collision with a commuter bus was found at fault in three traffic-related cases in the last eight years, according to civil and criminal court records and an attorney interviewed by The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Glenn R. Chappell, 67, lost a civil case over hitting a parked car in Baltimore in 2008. Nationwide Insurance said in its complaint that Chappell’s vehicle “veered from the roadway” and struck the car.
The complaint alleged he was negligent for “failing to pay full time and attention to the roadway, operating at excessive speed, failing to maintain control of his vehicle, failing to avoid colliding with other vehicles.”
The court ordered Chappell to pay about $2,400, which he did, according to Nationwide’s lawyer, Michael David Johnson.