Posted: Mon 30th Jan 2017

Council officers will monitor buses with school pupils on today following allegations of an assault on a driver

News and Info from Deeside, Flintshire, North Wales
This article is old - Published: Monday, Jan 30th, 2017

The Arriva buses number ten service WILL be taking Connah’s Quay High School pupils to school as normal on Monday morning say council officials.

The news comes despite the launch of an investigation by Flintshire County Council, North Wales Police, Connah’s Quay High School and bus operator Arriva into reports of an alleged assault.

Posts surfaced on social media on Friday of an indecent involving a Connah’s Quay High School pupil and the driver of a number ten Arriva bus service which runs between Holywell and Chester.

It’s reported that an alleged assault took place on the bus driver during an incident on Friday afternoon.

Flintshire County Council will have officers travelling on the 10s 10A and 12 services from Monday as they monitor the situation.

Arriva bus drivers have been told they must allow pupils from Connah’s Quay High School to travel on all of their services,

Any decision will be made by Arriva into future provision for school pupils once the investigation is complete.

A police spokesperson told Deeside.com:

“We received  a report on  from a bus company at 5pm on 27 January that a bus driver had been assaulted earlier in the afternoon by a schoolchild. The matter is being looked into.”

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