ABC News November 13, 2019

Oregon school bus driver charged with DUI after crashing with 10 students on board

WATCH: School bus driver arrested for DUI after careening into ditch

A 20-year-old school bus driver in Oregon has been charged with DUI after he allegedly crashed a bus with 10 students on board, authorities said.

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The bus crashed Wednesday morning around 8 a.m. on Southwest Old Highway Road in Washington County, according to a news release from the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

Washington County Sheriff's Office
Video from the incident shows the bus skidding along the shoulder of a highway before the crash.

When deputies arrived on the scene, they said they saw the bus in a ditch and that the driver, Jonathan C. Gates of Hillsboro, Oregon, "appeared to be impaired."

Surveillance video released by the sheriff's office shows the tilted bus skidding on the shoulder of the highway before crashing.

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A bus aide was also aboard the bus, along with the students, ages 10 to 16. No one was injured, authorities said.

The bus was serving students from Forest Grove High School, Neil Armstrong Middle School and Tom McCall Upper Elementary School, the Forest Grove School District said in a statement to ABC Portland affiliate KATU.

Washington County Sheriff's Office
Authorities in Washington County, Oregon, arrested 20-year-old Jonathan C. Gates for DUI after he allegedly crashed a school bus with 10 children on board.

Gates was arrested on a DUI-controlled substance charge. He had been released from the Washington County Jail by Wednesday afternoon.

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He's been placed on administrative leave while the investigation is ongoing and will be required to undergo a mandatory drug test, according to the school district.