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A former Alpine School District bus driver has been charged with six misdemeanors for allegedly driving her bus drunk with special-needs children on board earlier this year.
Sherry Lee Lund, 52, of Lehi, was charged Tuesday in 4th District Court with one count of driving under the influence and five counts of reckless endangerment, all class A misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in jail.
A summons has been sent to Lund ordering her to appear in court in American Fork on May 31.
Lund was arrested at about 4 p.m. on March 8, after Saratoga Springs police found the school bus parked on the side of the road near Pony Express Parkway and Redwood Road, according to city spokesman Owen Jackson.
Officers "observed the driver was impaired [and] smelled of alcohol," said Jackson, who added that testing showed Lund had a blood-alcohol level of 0.17, which is more than twice the legal limit.
He said there were four elementary school children and a teacher's aide on the bus.
Lund, who had worked as a bus driver for the school district for 27 years, was immediately placed on administrative leave. She resigned on March 10, said school district spokesman David Stephenson.