Montco school bus driver arrested with Tito’s vodka, charged with DUI for erratic driving

A Douglass Township school bus driver was charged with driving under the influence and related crimes after she drove more than 50 elementary school-age children while intoxicated, officials said.

Kelly Weber, 46, of Boyertown, drove her school bus “erratically” on Feb. 6 while children were inside, narrowly missing vehicles and nearly hitting a telephone pole, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office said.

Police responded in the rural township north of Pottstown after receiving calls about Weber’s driving, officials said.

They searched the bus and found an open 750ml bottle of Tito’s vodka, two empty Tito’s bottles, and a liquor store receipt for the alcohol from 9:22 a.m. that day.

Investigators found that 54 children had ridden on Weber’s bus that day, and that multiple children had called or texted their parents expressing fear about the manner in which she was driving.

One of the children got off the bus before arriving at school and was picked up by their parents, officials said.

Police tested Weber’s blood-alcohol content and found it was 0.331, which is four times the legal threshold for intoxication in Pennsylvania.

In addition to DUI, Weber was charged with 54 counts of endangering the welfare of children and 54 counts of reckless endangerment.

Weber voluntarily entered a rehab facility after she was issued an arrest warrant, according to officials.

She is working with police to arrange a time to turn herself in, when her bail will be set and she will be formally arraigned, officials said.