5-Year-Old Crashes School Bus

from WDIV Channel 4 Detroit

A 5-year-old boy got behind the wheel of a school bus after sneaking out of his Milwaukee classroom Tuesday afternoon.

The Lakeside school bus driver at Samuel Clemens School on Milwaukee's north side went to throw out some trash and left the bus running.

The 5-year-old got behind the wheel and went for a spin. No one else was on the bus at the
time. As the driver walked back to his bus, he spotted it driving away. The child drove the bus around the school's front turnaround, not once, but twice.

On the first go-around, the bus left the circle and merged onto the street. The bus eventually smashed into a parked car.

It took out a tree and a light pole, hit the schoolyard fence and finally came to a stop. No one was hurt. The bus driver has been suspended pending an investigation.

The school's principal, Lakeside Bus Company and the parent of the kindergartener were not immediatley available for comment.