Ex-School Bus Driver Sentenced in Calhoun County DUI Crash

DUI driver, passenger arrested after crashing into Santa Barbara County home

An intoxicated driver and his passenger were arrested after their car crashed through the wall of an occupied Goleta home earlier this week, officials confirmed. It happened late Monday night, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, in the 6200 block of Cathedral Oaks Road. Deputies were dispatched at 11:38 p.m. to the Goleta residence and found a sedan sticking halfway out of the house after it plunged over the front yard and in…

Ex-school bus driver sentenced in Calhoun County DUI crash

Video of previous coverage. CALHOUN COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) - A former bus driver will spend at least the next two decades behind bars for a DUI crash that injured several children, but it could be decades more. According to Calhoun County Prosecuting Attorney Michael Hicks, Judge Anita Harold Ashley sentenced Jeffrey Allen Brannon to an indeterminate sentence of no less than 22 years and no more than 110 years in prison. Here's what that means. …

Former bus driver sentenced for March 2024 DUI crash in Calhoun County

Jeffrey Brannon received 22 to 110 years in prison

School bus driver could face 110 years in prison for DUI crash

EOSdude via iStockA driving under the influence charge (DUI) can land you in hot water with the law. Even a first offense can result in jail time if there are injuries or the driver’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is too high. However, a judge might take things a little more seriously when, say, it’s a school bus driver with 19 students on board. In this case, though, a bus driver had a rollover crash with all those students on board. And th…