Rhode Island school bus driver takes kids to wrong state in GPS mishap

A Rhode Island college bus driver took a bunch of prep college college students to the unsuitable state an hour away after a GPS mishap that despatched mother and father into panic mode, studies mentioned.

The newly-hired driver for First Scholar bus firm typed within the right avenue tackle however unsuitable metropolis — and ended up in rural Connecticut as a substitute of La Salle Academy in Windfall, WJAR reported.

Confused children on the hour-long journey Monday morning seen they’d handed a “Welcome to Connecticut” signal and texted footage to their mother and father.

“Open the door! I’m calling police!” one fearful dad yelled on the driver, after monitoring down the runaway bus, in response to a video clip obtained by WRAL.

The feminine bus driver didn’t permit college students off the bus, however referred to as native police. Responding officers discovered that the motive force mistakenly typed in an tackle in Sterling, Connecticut — about 30 miles outdoors of Windfall, WJAR reported.

A cop lastly escorted the directionally challenged driver to the varsity, the place the busload of children arrived safely however late to class, police and faculty officers instructed the station.