BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore schools have terminated a contract with a bus company whose driver crashed into a commuter bus, killing the driver and five others.
Baltimore City Public Schools said in a statement that the school bus contract with AAAfordable Transportation Inc. was ended Monday.
In a written statement, the school system says “based on the totality of the circumstances, City Schools felt it most appropriate to terminate the relationship.”
Lawyers for AAAfordable Transportation did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment.
On Nov. 1, 67-year-old Glenn Chappell was driving a school bus that rear-ended a car before colliding with an oncoming Maryland Transit Administration bus. Chappell, the MTA bus driver and four MTA bus passengers were killed. Eleven people were injured. No schoolchildren were aboard Chappell’s bus.
Motor Vehicle Administration officials said after the crash that Chappell did not have a valid commercial driver’s license because his medical examiner’s certificate had expired.
The company’s routes are being picked up by other bus contractors.
WTOP’s Dick Uliano contributed to this report.
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