N.J., jury has found the school bus aide whose neglect of 6-year-old Fajr Atiya Williams played a part in the child’s death.
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Instead of sitting next to Williams for the 30-minute bus ride, as was protocol, Davila sat in a seat one row ahead of Williams and with her back to Williams as the bus proceeded along occasionally bumpy roads to Claremont Elementary School. In her six-plus years of safety training, Davila had been advised that use of a cellphone and earbuds was against the rules, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s office pointed out. She was supposed to supervise any children she was caring for.
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