School Bus Driver Pleads Not Guilty In Crash Near Lyons
BOULDER, Colo. (AP/CBS4) — The driver of a school bus that tipped on its side in Boulder County last year is scheduled to go on trial in September after pleading not guilty.
Elizabeth Burris entered her plea Thursday in Boulder District Court. She is charged with multiple counts, including two counts of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury and DUI.
The former St. Vrain Valley School District driver was driving eight students when her bus tipped in a steep part of a canyon near Lyons on Dec. 7. Five children were hurt, two seriously.
At the time, police said Burris told a state trooper she was on about six prescription drugs.
Her lawyers have previously said she was taking Lyrica for fibromyalgia.
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