Kentucky State Police say a charter bus driver has been charged with driving under the influence and wanton endangerment while hauling 50 students, teachers and parents back to eastern Kentucky from a field trip in Louisiana.
State Police Trooper Billy Gregory says the driver, Holly M. Brown of Louisville, was arrested during a stop at a Washington County convenience store on Sunday. She's also charged with failure to have a prescribed controlled substance in a proper container.
Gregory says state police were alerted by a sheriff's deputy who found the bus parked at the convenience store.
Brown was operating a bus owned by Miller Transportation. The group was headed to Elliott County.
The company says it is cooperating with investigators.
Jefferson County Public Schools officials say Brown has been a bus driver for the system.