Parents sue Enderlin School District over 2022 bus crash

ENDERLIN, N.D. — The parents of two students who were hurt when their school bus went off the road, plunged down an embankment and into a river in 2022 are now suing the Enderlin School District. They claim the bus driver should not have been behind the wheel. On Sept. 23, 2022, the Cass County Sheriff's Office says the Enderlin school bus was dropping off children after school when the bus driver "passed out" going down a hill outside of Leonard, North Dakota. The bus then went down a 12-foot embankment and landed in the Maple River. Seven children were on the bus, and all were transported to the hospital. "Certainly you could see something like this happening with this individual," Tim O'Keefe said. O'Keefe is the lawyer representing the Hieb family, who had two children hurt in the crash. The 62-year-old driver of the bus that day was not charged or issued a citation. Police say a week after the crash there were no medical red flags. O'Ke