IPS bus driver accused of attacking student

Students say driver grabbed the student first

Updated: Friday, 29 Jan 2010, 8:49 PM EST
Published : Friday, 29 Jan 2010, 8:36 PM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - An IPS bus driver is facing a battery charge.

Police say 40-year-old Lennell Dumas got into a fight with a student on his bus.

Dumas told police the student was disrespectful and when he confronted the student, the student started punching him.

The student told police Dumas grabbed him by the neck and scratched his face and collar bone.

Other students told police the driver grabbed the student first.

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