Bus Crash Driver Pleas
•September 20, 2017•
Scarlett D. McKinzie, 36, of Mattoon pled guilty to aggravated DUI and no valid registration in Moultrie County Circuit Court September 12.
Appearing with public defender Marvin Hanson, McKinzie will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. Ocober 17 on the Class 4 Felony charge.
In exchange for the plea State’s Attorney Jeremy Richey agreed to dismiss Coints I and III.
McKinzie was charged by MCSD in connection with the Feb 10, 2017 accident where she caused a school bus loaded with students to overturn at the Hwy 32/CR800 intersection.