School Bus Driver Charged with DUI in Fargo

FARGO (KFGO-KEYZ) - Charges have been filed against a school bus driver accused of being drunk while transporting students for Fargo's John Paul II Catholic Schools Network.

Fargo police were notified Monday afternoon about a school bus "swerving all over with children running up and down the aisle."  The students were being transported from Trinity School in West Fargo to the Shanley-Sullivan campus in Fargo.

Police later located the bus at Shanley High School and made contact with the driver, 71-year-old Bruce Tweed of West Fargo. Tweed was arrested for DUI with a minor in the vehicle. His blood-alcohol level was .12.

Tweed was an employee of Valley Bus, which provides transportation services for JPII Catholic Schools.

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Below is a letter emailed to all parents from JPII Catholic Schools:

Dear St. John Paul II Catholic Schools Parents:

Even if you are not a user of our school transportation, I want to inform you about an event yesterday afternoon with the Valley Bus Shuttle, one of the three bus shuttle routes between our schools. For that route, we contract with Valley Bus. Valley Bus provides that bus and that driver. 

A motorist had called the police with a report of a bus being driven erratically. Police followed the bus, which was on the route from Trinity School after the school day, into our parking lot at Shanley-Sullivan campus.

Police then investigated and arrested the Valley Bus driver for DUI.

We are grateful that the children arrived here safely, that the citizen notified the authorities, and that law enforcement personnel did their work for public safety.

After the event, we emailed all parents who use our transportation system to let them know that the driver was unable to continue the route and that Valley Bus assured us that the shuttle bus would continue on Tuesday with a different driver.

I want to assure you that we will be working closely with Valley Bus to ensure the continued safety of our children.

Sincerely,

Mike Hagstrom

President, St. John Paul II Catholic Schools