LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) - A former central Ohio bus driver has been sentenced to jail after being convicted of leaving a developmentally disabled woman inside a parked bus on a scorching day.
The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette reports (https://ohne.ws/2rIlLuC ) 53-year-old Scott Frye pleaded no contest Wednesday to failure to provide for a functionally impaired person and patient endangerment in Fairfield County Municipal Court. Frye received 175 days in jail.
A defense attorney says Frye is remorseful.
Prosecutors say Frye returned his bus to the Lancaster-Fairfield Public Transit depot on a 90-degree day last September and failed to notice that the 29-year-old woman, who is autistic and non-verbal, remained inside. She was treated at a hospital for dehydration after Frye discovered her inside the bus nearly 4 ½ hours later.
Frye was fired after the incident.
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Information from: Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, https://www.lancastereaglegazette.com
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