HARRISONBURG, Va – (WSVA) – It appears that a bus driver for Rockingham County Public Schools who was charged after a school bus crash last month near Penn Laird is off the hook.

According to online records, Amanda Carini of Broadway was found not guilty of reckless driving during a hearing Wednesday afternoon in General District Court.

Virginia State Police stated that Carini was driving the school bus along Shen Lake Drive the morning of December 8th when she attempted to turn left onto Cross Keys Road.

Carini pulled into the path of 66-year-old Dennis Michael, who was unable to avoid striking the bus with his pickup truck.

Michael was treated at the scene for minor injuries while five students were treated and released from the hospital.