UPDATE: Crash report says MCPSS bus driver fell asleep while driving

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The crash report for the Mobile County Public School System bus crash has been released stating the driver had fallen asleep while driving.

The report says the driver had fallen asleep, ran off the road on the right, then overcorrected. The bus then ran off the left side of the road, struck a ditch, a tree, and overturned.

The bus had overturned on Feb. 12 on Mason Ferry Road. The school system said the bus was coming from Mary G. Montgomery feeder pattern schools, carrying 14 students.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency identified the driver as Angela Lane Weaver, 47, of Lucedale, Mississippi.

The report shows that seven were injured in the crash.

School Board Member Johnny Hatcher said ALEA’s findings are a major safety concern.

“We have everything in place to ensure these things don’t happen so I’m having a hard time swallowing this,” Hatcher said. “The biggest concern I have is how did she slip through the cracks? We pay a vendor to check all the MVR’s. It slipped through their cracks, not ours, theirs.”

Tiffany Blankenchip, whose daughter was on the bus at the time of the crash, said this isn’t the first time she’s been concerned with Weaver’s driving.

“My daughter’s told me on many occasions, all the different issues that the bus driver had,” Blankenchip said. “I truly don’t think that the bus driver would intentionally hurt anyone, but I feel like it’s negligent.”

Since then, FOX10 News has received photos of what one parent said is Weaver driving a school bus, with a time stamp on the images showing Feb. 21, nine days after the crash.

We reached out to the school system to provide an exact dare Weaver was officially placed on leave. They responded:

We have now asked what allowed Weaver to return to work briefly and are waiting on a response.

FOX10 News Investigative Reporter Ariel Mallory did some digging and searched for an Angela Lane Weaver in Lucedale, Mississippi.

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We found three speeding tickets were issued in the last four years, all more than 19 miles per hour over the speed limit.

A previous crash report also revealed that Weaver admitted to falling asleep behind the wheel in 2021.

The Mobile County Public School System has released a statement since the crash report has been released.

FOX10 News has requested video footage of the crash from inside the bus, but we are still waiting to get that from the school system.