Nathan DeYoung, 57, is charged with endangering a child and not obeying warning signs A school bus driver in Texas has been arrested after ignoring a road closure sign and driving into flood waters with a student on board. Nathan DeYoung, 57, is charged with endangering a child and not obeying warning signs after he lost control of his school bus on the morning of October 16. Terrifying dash cam footage released Friday shows the bus tipping in the rushing waters as the windshield wipers thrash vigorously. DeYoung and the 12-year-old student on board were forced to be rescued by emergency responders. The boys mother Ashley Ringstaff wrote on Facebook that she got a call from her son 'in hysterics' just before 8.30am. '[He was] telling me he loves me and that he is scared and thinking he was going to die,' she wrote. He was driving a school bus heading to Stiles Middle School in Williamson County, Texas on the morning of October 16 Dashcam footage shows the bus being submerged in deep flood waters The bus was heading to Stiles Middle School in Williamson County, Texas. 'Water isn't forgiving and has more force than most people think,' Ringstaff added. 'Just because you think you can make it across a low water crossing, doesn't mean that you will. It's not worth it, ever.' Video shows the moment DeYoung entered the river-like water, showing the bus rocking back and forth as it got caught in branches. At times the entire front of the yellow bus disappears into the murky water. The Leander Police department said they released a portion of the video 'in an effort to illustrate the dangers of attempting to drive across a low-water crossing during flood conditions.' 'The biggest factor in these circumstances is buoyancy. For each foot the water rises up the side of the vehicle, the vehicle displaces 1,500 lbs of water,' the department wrote. 'In effect, the vehicle weighs 1,500 lbs less for each foot the water rises. Just two feet of water can carry away most vehicles,' it added. DeYoung was fired after being booked at the Williamson County Jail on $10,000 bond and released the next day.<doc-sep>(NBC) - Newly-released dashcam footage shows the moment a Texas school bus was swept away in fast-moving floodwaters during last week's flooding. The video shows the school bus enter the flooded crossing, and then float down the swollen creek. Video shows the bus hitting trees and debris along the way before becoming stuck in the water. Police said they decided to release the video to remind people of just how dangerous floodwaters can be. The driver of that bus was arrested and is no longer employed by the district. The sole student on the bus was treated by emergency responders and released to his family. The video is a strong reminder that when it comes to flooded streets, "turn around, don't drown." Courtesy NBC News Channel<doc-sep>LEANDER, Texas (AP) — Dash cam video shows what happened when a school bus driver ignored a barricade and drove into a flooded road in Texas. It occurred Oct. 16 as heavy rain caused flooding around Austin, Texas. Footage released by police in Leander shows the bus, carrying one child, was quickly swept away as the water got deeper and covered the hood. The bus eventually ended up in a clump of trees, where the driver and 12-year-old passenger were rescued. The driver was fired. Police charged him with endangering a child and failure to obey warning signs. Police say they released the video to show the dangers of trying to drive in flood conditions.<doc-sep>
Newly obtained video taken from a Leander school bus shows the bus entering a low-water crossing as floodwaters deluged Central Texas last week. The bus is washed off the road, bobbing backwards down swollen Brushy Creek for several minutes until rescuers got the driver and a 12-year-old boy to safety. The video, which is about four minutes long, was released to the American-Statesman and KVUE-TV on Friday and is part of the investigation into a child endangerment case against school bus driver Nathan DeYoung. DeYoung also was charged with driving around a barricade and was booked into the Williamson County Jail on Oct. 16, the day of the incident. The video shows the bus driving around a caution sign on County Road 177 before entering the low water crossing. Within seconds, the hood of the bus is nearly completely submerged. From there, the bus was carried by the water's current for about two minutes — rocking from the force of the water and knocking into tree branches and other debris — before finally coming to a rest in a group of trees. The video ends with the bus stranded in the creek with water gushing over its hood. At that point, rescuers from the Leander Fire Department and Williamson County Emergency Medical Services were able to rescue the boy and DeYoung. The boy's mother, Ashley Ringstaff, wrote in a Facebook post that that her son called her "in hysterics (from the bus) telling me he loves me and that he is scared and thinking he was going to die. I hope no one ever has to listen to their child or loved one preparing to die because of a stupid decision that should of never have happened."