Crime & Safety
Man Admits DUI in Parkland School Bus Crash
Scott Michael Haas, whose car collided with a Parkland school bus, pleads guilty Monday to a DUI. Police had said he had the prescription drug methadone in his system.
A 27-year-old Orefield man pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence in a March 1 crash that saw on Cedar Crest Boulevard near , according to online court records.
Scott Michael Haas, of 5211 Blue Sky Drive, was immediately sentenced to 135 days of house arrest by Lehigh County Judge James T. Anthony, according to a report on lehighvalleylive.com. Haas will also serve 55 months and 15 days of probation and a $1,500 fine, the report says.
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The charge was for a second offense.
At the time of the crash, police had said, Haas had the prescription drugs methadone and lorazepam (also known as Ativan) in his system.
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Haas had been northbound on Cedar Crest Boulevard.
The Parkland school bus, traveling south on Cedar Crest Boulevard, had been carrying four students to Lehigh Valley Christian Academy in Salisbury Township. It toppled to its side. Haas, the bus driver and the students had been taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. .
According to the lehighvalleylive.com report, Haas' lawyer said his client had been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, struggles with substance abuse and had been prescribed the methadone and lorazepam by doctors.
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