Parents: School Bus Driver Watched Teen Girls Fight

Sep 14, 2011 - 08:04
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Parents: School Bus Driver Watched Teen Girls Fight
The parents of an 11-year-old girl say their daughter was beaten up by a 15-year-old as a school bus driver watched and refused to intervene.

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - The parents of an 11-year-old girl say their daughter was beaten up by a 15-year-old as a school bus driver watched and refused to intervene.

Cell phone video from a student on a Gwinnett County, Georgia school bus shows two girls from Grace Snell Middle School fighting on Monday afteoon.  Sixth grader Nekayla Dunn said she had been arguing with the eighth grader on the school bus and in the days before the fight.

Dunn's parents are questioning why the driver didn’t intervene.  Nekayla’s father, Marcel Dunn, said the bus driver acknowledged that she saw the fight.

A spokesperson for Gwinnett County schools said drivers are not supposed to get off of their buses, but they are supposed to report any incidents of public safety to authorities.

The incident is under investigation.

Parents: School Bus Driver Watched Teen Girls Fight: MyFoxATLANTA.com

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