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School bus driver charged with DUI after kids on bus dial for help

A Westhampton school bus driver was arrested on a DUI Monday after some of her middle school passengers called their parents and said she was swerving and falling asleep behind the wheel, the Courier-Post reported.

Police said Carole Crockett, 46, of Shamong, registered a blood alcohol level of .25 percent. Authorities had caught up with her at another middle school — Holly Hills — where she allegedly was trying to pick up more students.

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Police had gone looking for her after Westampton Middle School officials relayed complaints they’d received from parents.

Charges against Crockett include 25 counts of driving under the influence with a minor, and 25 counts of endangering the welfare of a child — one for each passenger on her bus when police found her.

Crockett posted $85,000 bail and is due in court Nov. 17.

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