A school bus monitor in New Jersey has been charged in the death of a 6-year-old girl with special needs who died after a harness securing the child to her wheelchair fatally choked her without the monitor noticing, authorities say.
A school bus monitor in New Jersey has been charged in the death of a 6-year-old girl with special needs who died after a harness securing the child to her wheelchair fatally choked her without the monitor noticing, authorities said Thursday.
An investigation revealed that the child, who had special needs, was sitting in her wheelchair at the rear of the bus on her way to school. Her wheelchair had been secured by Davila, who was assigned as the school bus monitor, McDonald’s office said. Davila was being held in the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing as of Thursday. It was not immediately clear if she has an attorney.
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