Baiting Hollow, NY- A summer camp bus driver was arrested Tuesday on charges including Driving While Intoxicated. Riverhead Town Police say they received a call about a bus driver operating a vehicle with campers and staff in a “possibly altered mental status or under the influence” while on the job transporting campers from the Baiting Hollow Scout Camp. Police say Diane M. Jurgens, 61, of Ridge, an employee of 1st Student Bus Company of Hicksville, was involved in two motor vehicle accidents on Sound Ave, west of the Baitin Hollow Scout Camp with campers and one staff member onboard and had left the scene of both accidents. Jurgens, was arrested and charged with 1 count of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated with Leandra’s Law, 2 counts of Leaving The Scene of a Motor Vehicle Accident and 10 counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child. The bus was impounded. No injuries were reported in the motor vehicle accidents. Police say the children were returned to their families, Jurgens was being held for arraignment.
Summer Camp bus driver arrested on charges including DWI
