5-Year-Old Student Dragged by School Bus; Driver Arrested, Deputies Say
By WKTV Staff
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Oneida County (WKTV) — Updated Information 11/3; 1:53 a.m.—An arrest has been made in connection to the incident.
According to the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, on Nov. 3, Tasha Van Dayne turned herself in to deputies.
She was arrested and released with an appearance ticket for reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor.
Van Dayne is scheduled to appear in Kirkland Town Court on Nov. 16.
11/3; 11:15 a.m.—According to the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, a five-year-old child was “dragged by a school bus” on Nov. 2.
The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office reported that deputies responded to Martin Drive in the Town of Kirkland.
“It was reported that Tasha Van Dayne, 37, of Clinton, was operating a 2023 full-size IC-Bus for the Clinton Central School District on her afternoon route, which stopped at the child’s residence and multiple children exited the bus,” according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Van Dayne closed the bus door as the last child left.
The child’s backpack “became trapped in the bus doors,” and the child was “dragged a distance” before the bus stopped, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The child suffered minor injuries.
The investigation is ongoing.
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