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Man Sentenced To 4 Years In Chattanooga School Bus Crash

Posted at 12:10 PM, Apr 24, 2018
and last updated 2018-04-24 13:09:59-04

A man has been sentenced to four years in prison in connection with a school bus crash that killed six students in Chattanooga.

Johnthony Walker was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and reckless assault charges in the 2016 crash.

He was sentenced on Tuesday. According to CBS affiliate WDEF, Walker has already served more than a year before the trial began and will be eligible for parole quickly.

Six Woodmore Elementary School children died in the wreck. Walker's defense attorney said the testimony was not related to the wreck, while prosecutors said it could show a pattern of behavior.

Authorities say Walker was speeding when the bus crashed with 37 children on board. He was charged with 34 offenses, including vehicular homicide.