A 46-year-old woman accused of driving a school bus while under the influence in Montgomery County last month surrendered to police Friday after completing rehab treatment, a spokesperson for the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office said.
Kelly L. Weber, of Boyertown in Berks County, was later released on $50,000 unsecured bail and is not allowed to drive or have unsupervised contact with children, said DA’s office spokesperson Kate Delano.
Weber faces 54 counts of endangering the welfare of children, 54 counts of reckless endangerment, driving under the influence, and related offenses.
On Feb. 6, Weber was driving a school bus in Douglass Township when police responded to calls alleging that the bus was being operated erratically, nearly hitting other vehicles and a telephone pole.
Police searched the bus, which had stopped, and allegedly found an open 750 ml bottle of Tito’s vodka, two empty Tito’s bottles, and a liquor store receipt for the alcohol from 9:22 a.m. that day.
A total of 54 children had been on the bus that day while Weber was driving, and some of the children allegedly called or texted their parents expressing fear about her driving.
One child got off the bus at an earlier stop to be picked up by their parents, the district attorney’s office said.
Weber consented to have her blood tested and the lab result allegedly showed her blood-alcohol concentration was 0.331 — four times the legal limit for intoxication in Pennsylvania. She also allegedly tested positive for THC.