Five students and driver Elizabeth Burris, 39, injured in school-bus crash on Highway 7 in Boulder County, Colorado

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The driver of a school bus has been arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of drugs after the bus crashed Monday evening, injuring several students. Their safety is our number one priority so we want to make sure people are there,” said Damon Brown of the Lyons School District. The bus was headed west on Highway 7 after picking up students from Lyons High School at approximately 4 p.m. Burris will be booked in Boulder County Jail after being released from the hospital. The driver, 39-year-old Elizabeth Burris, lost control about eight miles outside of town, in South St.

Authorities say a school bus tipped onto its side in Boulder County, injuring the driver and five students. Vrain Valley School District bus was carrying eight students when it rolled in South St. The newspaper says the students on the bus were from Lyons Middle/Senior High School and Lyons Elementary School. Vrain Valley School District spokesman Damon Brown tells The Boulder Daily Camera that it appears that the most serious injury was a separated shoulder. Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle says the bus was traveling uphill in a steep part of the canyon when it tipped, blocking the road.

Vrain Valley School District bus driver arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs after she rolled a bus Monday with eight students on board is also being held on suspicion of child abuse and vehicular assault. Elizabeth E. Burris, 39, is being held on suspicion of DUI, five counts of careless driving causing injury, two counts of vehicular assault and nine counts of child abuse, according to Boulder County Jail records. Multiple ambulances could be seen leaving the scene of the crash, and Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle gave Levi a ride from the scene to the school. CSP said late Monday that Burris was driving eight Lyons students, ranging in age from 7 to 15, westbound at the 24.9 mile marker of Colo. 7 (South St. Following the crash, the three students who weren't injured were reunited with their families at Lyons Middle/Senior High.

The investigator stated that Burris appeared to be drug impaired and did not perform voluntary roadside maneuvers as instructed. LYONS, Colo. (CBS4) – The driver of a school bus, arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of drugs after the bus she was driving crashed, appeared in court on Tuesday. Burris told investigators she couldn’t remember why the crash happened but said she drifted off the road and attempting to gain control, over-corrected. According to court documents, Burris, 39, told police she was on six different prescription medications. They decided to get back on the bus on Tuesday. “I am a person who sees the best in people until proven guilty.

Vrain Valley School District bus driver accused of crashing her bus near Lyons while under the influence of drugs. Vrain Valley School District bus arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, and an unidentified woman appear at the Boulder County Jail on Thursday. Burris was charged in connection with Monday's bus crash, which injured five students. ( Matthew Jonas / Staff Photographer ) The Boulder County District Attorney's Office filed multiple felony charges Thursday against a St. Police say Burris told a state trooper that she was "on about six prescription drugs" prior to the crash. Five students were injured in the crash on Monday, although the district says none of them suffered "life-threatening injuries."