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A Rush City school bus driver who drove her bus off the roadway and struck a basketball hoop support pole last February,  has entered a guilty plea to a gross misdemeanor count of DUI.  None of the students on the bus were injured and a second bus was dispatched to deliver them to school.  The crash was reported about 8:30 a.m. and an outdoor residential camera captured the incident on videotape.

Kara Ffrench, 59, of Harris will be back in court for sentencing November 6 on one count of DWI concentration of BAC .04 within two hours.

As part of the plea agreement entered August 7 before Judge Dowdal— Ffrench accepts conditions that she not be allowed to drive any passengers who are under the age of 16, that she will not use or possess alcohol or drugs and submits to random testing.  The findings from the pre-sentence investigation will dictate actual terms, which the judge is free to revise in November.

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