Truck driver charged with criminally negligent homicide in fatal Texas bus crash
The driver of a cement truck that veered into oncoming traffic and hit a school bus carrying more than 40 pre-K students was arrested Friday and charged with criminally negligent homicide. Jerry Hernandez, 42, was arrested at a residence in Bastrop County without incident, said Sgt. Deon Cockrell of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Criminally negligent homicide is punishable by up to two years in jail and a fine of up to $10,000.