(CNN) Following a tragic crash in Tennessee, bus driver Johnthony Walker has been charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving. When committed with a deadly weapon, such as a bus, reckless endangerment is a Class E felony, which carries a sentence of one to six years. Of course, there's a good reason we expect bus drivers to be different from the rest of us: They are driving kids. You might be saying: "Bus drivers drive our children. In Tennessee, school buses -- in fact, school systems in general -- do not have the same duty of care as a common carrier, according to that state's Supreme Court.

Source: CNN November 23, 2016 18:20 UTC