A bus driver in Idaho has been fired after she was caught on camera allegedly pouring water on a student in the bus and telling him to speak English.
The Sept. 1 incident began over a water bottle that eighth-grader Miguel Martinez said he had dropped by accident.
“She got mad and just walked and got the water bottle. She [said] ‘I’m going to pour it on you cause you poured it on other people,’” said Martinez to CBS affiliate, KMVT News.
When Martinez tried to explain to the bus driver he had only dropped the bottle by accident, which spilled some water on a nearby student, he said she wouldn’t listen.
However, other students on the bus said they have been putting up with this type of behaviour from the driver for years.
And this time, one student, Eduardo Tapia, decided to record the event as it unfolded.
Not only is the woman believed to be pouring water on a student in the footage, she is also heard telling him to speak English.
“You speak to me, you speak to me in English. I live in America and it’s an English-speaking country. So, if you want to speak to me, you speak to me in English,” the driver is heard saying.
The employer of the bus driver, Northside Bus Company, said she has since been let go.
The school district superintendent also said he is aware of the incident.
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