Detroit School Bus Driver Suspended After Fighting Student: Officials

DETROIT — A Detroit school bus driver was suspended and may be fired after fighting a seventh-grader on the bus, Detroit Public Schools said.

A social media video showed the driver and the girl throwing punches and wrestling with each other as other children were screaming on the bus in Detroit near Carver STEM Academy on Paul Street, between Evergreen Road and Southfield Freeway.

Detroit Public School officials didn't explain what sparked the fight, but the girl's family told Fox 2 Detroit the driver attacked after telling her to sit down. The bus driver was contracted through Trinity Transportation.

Patch reached out to Trinity Transportation, which did not immediately respond for comment regarding the incident.

"A fight occurred yesterday on a contracted Trinity bus involving a student and the driver," the district said in a statement. "The driver was removed from DPSCD service and may face termination through the bus contractor, Trinity. The incident is also under police investigation by the DPSCD Police Department."