Utah school district settles suit over teen dragged by a bus
Jul 18, 2019, 5:27 AM
(Photo Credit: Paul Nelson. Pictured, Robert Sykes, right, Brenda Mayes, center)
(Photo Credit: Paul Nelson. Pictured, Robert Sykes, right, Brenda Mayes, center)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah school district is paying $62,500 to settle a lawsuit filed after a junior high student was caught in a bus door and dragged about 175 feet (53 meters) in an alleged racially motivated incident.
The incident occurred in February in West Point about 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Salt Lake City.
Brenda Mayes sued the Davis School District in May, alleging a bus driver intentionally closed the door on her 13-year-old son’s backpack as he was getting off the bus.
The biracial teen was pinned to the outside of the door as the bus drove down the street, but he wasn’t physically injured.
Mayes accused district officials of not curbing alleged racial animus, bullying and harassment by the bus driver toward her son and other minority students.
