City School System Terminates Bus Contract with AA Affordable Transportation
BALTIMORE (WJZ)-- The Baltimore City School System confirmed Monday that it has terminated its school bus contract with AA Affordable Transportation.
The contract was terminated based on the terms and conditions of the contract not being met. This comes weeks after a deadly bus crash involving a school bus and MTA bus where 6 people were killed in early November. There was scrutiny whether or not the bus driver Glenn Chappell should have ever been behind the wheel.
Early on, the investigation revealed that Chappell who was also killed in the wreck was no longer authorized to drive the bus for failing to turn in the required medical paperwork.
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Chappell's grandson also revealed that his grandfather had a history of seizures which could have played a role in deadly collision.
"I definitely feel that he had a medical emergency, that unfortunately, just lost control, and he wasn't able to function properly," said Neco Williams.
WJZ also learned Chapppel was in a crash 2 years before the wreck in Howard County. The report said he was on seizure medication then.
"Who knows whose fault it really is but the company has work to do to reconstitute itself and get its operations to standards I think," said councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke.
The seven routes handled by AA Affordable Transportation will be handled by other contractors, according to the City School System.
No other contracts were terminated.
According to the Baltimore Sun, a medical examiners certificate did show that Chappel was qualified to drive the bus.
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