THE MAN ACCUSED OF A DEADLY SCHOOL BUS CRASH IN SOUTHWEST OHIO LAST AUGUST THAT KILLED A BOY ON HIS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, RECEIVED HIS SENTENCE YESTERDAY (TUESDAY).
EARLIER THIS MONTH, 36-YEAR-OLD HERMANIO JOSEPH WAS FOUND GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN THE AUGUST 22ND CRASH IN CLARK COUNTY, EAST OF DAYTON. HE WAS SENTENCED TO NINE TO 13-AND-A-HALF YEARS IN PRISON FOR HITTING THE SCHOOL BUS CARRYING DOZENS OF KIDS. 11-YEAR-OLD AIDEN CLARK DIED WHEN HE FLEW OUT A WINDOW. TWENTY OTHERS WERE INJURED. JOSEPH TESTIFIED THAT HE TRIED TO AVOID THE CRASH, BUT PROSECUTORS SAY THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED HE WAS SPEEDING AND DID NOT BRAKE BEFORE IMPACT.