BOULDER — A Boulder school-bus driver involved in an accident Monday told officers he took a prescription medication to sleep, but toxicology tests will determine whether other drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.
Neither the driver, Robert Lecy, 62, nor any of the 17 students aboard were injured when the bus ran onto a sidewalk, scraped a utility pole and came to rest against a brick fence a few blocks from Boulder High School just after 7 a.m.
Police suspected drugs “based on his mannerisms and demeanor when speaking to officers,” said a department spokeswoman.
Lecy was cited on suspicion of careless driving and driving under the influence of drugs.
A spokesman for the Boulder Valley School District said they would also be investigating the crash.
