The driver of an 18-wheeler involved in an accident with a Hope public school bus Monday afternoon has been identified as James Raines, 55, of Texarkana, Ark.
Raines was taken to the Hempstead County detention facility in Hope, Ark., and booked on charges of driving under the influence of drugs, careless and prohibited driving, driving with license suspended and leaving the scene of an accident.
He is currently being held in the Hempstead County Detention Center, Sheriff James Singleton said.
Six people on the bus were injured. The students received minor injuries, according to an Arkansas State Police dispatcher.
The crash occurred at U.S. Highway 67 and Hempstead County Road 189 about three miles east of Fulton, Ark.