infoGeorgia school bus driver charged with DUI while driving school bus on Oct. 1

Georgia school bus driver charged with DUI while driving school bus on Oct. 1

After a Columbia County school bus driver dropped off some kids on Thursday, it seemed she\u00e2\u0080\u0099d nodded off.

When someone checked on her, they suspected she was drunk, according to the Columbia County Sheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Office.

The agency said a field sobriety test was administered to bus driver Jessica Avrett, 33, and it yielded a preliminary blood alcohol content of 0.155 percent. In Georgia, the legal limit for standard drivers is is 0.08.

The sheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0099s agency said it happened after she\u00e2\u0080\u0099d dropped off students at Harlem Middle School and gone on to Baker Place Elementary outside Grovetown, where she was apprehended. Two beer cans were found on the bus.

Avrett was cited and charged with driving under the influence and open container in a vehicle.

Superintendent Dr. Sandra Carraway of Columbia County Schools told us that Avrett was fired from the district.