OK, maybe I shouldn't post this but, come on folks when will we as "Americans" finally stand up and say enough is enough. I've spent almost all my adult life protecting this country for what, the "Washington bullshit artist to give away what we work for". To let anybody who is not an "American Citizen" to just come into this country and get free benefits and now to see this horrendous act to take place and to probably see this person walk free. Please don't tell me this is so. Are we willing to give away our freedoms that others have fought and died for. I'm not. I swore an oath when I joined the Military to protect the "CONSTITUTION" of this country from all enemy's "Foreign and Domestic" and I stand by that today. This is truly a kick in the face. How many more do we have to bury before we wake up and take action. I'm sorry if I offend anyone here but, I have to speak my heart and this is truly how I feel. I only speak for myself not others here on the site. My prayers and thoughts go out to the families involved.
Don
Woman charged in Minn. school bus crash
By ELIZABETH DUNBAR, Associated Press Writer 25 minutes ago
MINNEAPOLIS - The driver of a van that hit a school bus in a crash that killed four children was charged Friday with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide and two lesser charges, authorities said.
The woman, identified as Alianiss Nunez Morales, 23, of Minnesota, failed to stop at a stop sign Tuesday before hitting the bus, which was carrying 28 students from Lakeview School, a prosecutor said. The accident happened near the small town of Cottonwood in southwestern Minnesota.
Morales was also charged with a stop sign violation and for driving without a valid license, Lyon County Attorney Richard Maes said.
Authorities said Morales is not the woman's real name, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were trying to figure out her true identity. Claude Arnold, special agent in charge of investigations, said Morales told investigators she was from Mexico, and his agency believes she is in the country illegally.
Morales does not have a Minnesota driver's license, and "she doesn't have a (driver's license) anywhere that we're aware of," said Lt. Mark Peterson of the Minnesota State Patrol.
The criminal vehicular homicide charges are felonies, each punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. The other charges are misdemeanors.
Morales was expected to make her first court appearance Friday.
Morales told police through an interpreter that she stopped at the stop sign, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday.
"She stated that she stopped for the stop sign and that when she took off, the bus hit her," according to a statement of probable cause.
The bus driver, Dennis Devereaux, told police it appeared the van wasn't going to stop, and "he did not have time to hit the brakes or accelerate."
Two brothers, the daughter of a teacher at Lakeview School and the son of a former teacher, all passengers on the bus, were killed. Six people, five of them students, remained hospitalized Friday at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., spokesman Kenyon Gleason said. One was close to being released, two were in fair condition and two were serious; the adult at the hospital was in fair condition.
Another student remained hospitalized at Mayo Clinic in fair condition.
Funerals for Hunter Javens, 9, and Jesse Javens, 13, were to be held at the school Monday.
A funeral for Emilee Olson, 9, was set for Sunday at a Cottonwood church, while arrangements for Reed Stevens, 12, of Marshall, were pending.
Rhonda
