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Girl strangled by her own wheelchair as bus monitor texted, checked Instagram (arstechnica.com)

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10 years in prison is possible.

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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Her job was to make sure the girl was ok. The girl wasn't strapped in correctly and then slowly slide down because she couldn't make herself upright. Terrible..

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah I knew from the headline exactly what kind of situation it was that created this issue. Gross negligence at the least, manslaughter at the most. Absolutely unacceptable.