Chattanooga Bus Driver May Have Asked Children If They Were 'Ready to Die' Before Fatal Crash

An unidentified mother who had three children on the bus told CBS two of them told her that before the collision, Walker asked the children if they were “ready to die.” One of her children was killed seconds later.

ABC reports that Walker was involved in another collision while driving a bus two months ago. There were no injuries, although there were children seated in the rear of the bus in that case. Walker was issued a citation for failure to yield. It’s unclear if the school district, or the bus company, Durham School Services, took any disciplinary action, but whatever they may have done didn’t keep Walker from driving again in a relatively short time.

Another mother, Jasmine Mateen, told NBC that she’s been complaining about Walker’s driving since August. One of her daughters died in the incident and two of her other children were seriously hurt.

“I’ve been calling y’all since August,” Mateen said she told them, according to NBC. “I said, ‘Now y’all doing what y’all supposed to been doing now that it’s too late … Y’all doing what y’all supposed to be doing, but my baby is laying in a cold freezer.’”