US Edition‘Mr. Jeff Please Stop’: Mother Recounts Son's Call After Drunk School Van Driver Allegedly Runs From Police in Pittsburgh
- On Friday, June 2, 2025, school van driver Jeffrey Irwin crashed into a car near Pittsburgh's 16th Street Bridge while five students were onboard.
- Irwin allegedly drove under the influence after admitting to drinking three to four alcoholic beverages around noon, and then fled the scene with children still in the van.
- The five students, between 8 and 11 years old, cooperated to use a single mobile device to reach out to their relatives and notify authorities, which led the police to track and stop the van miles away in the Saint Clair area.
- Jeffrey Irwin, 66, has been charged with more than twenty offenses such as driving under the influence and endangering children. According to the criminal complaint, officers noted that he was unsteady on his feet at the scene.
- The Baldwin Whitehall School District emphasized student safety as its top priority and is arranging alternate transportation after this incident raised concerns about driver hiring practices.
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Mother recounts son's call after drunk school van driver allegedly runs from police | News Channel 3-12
By Felicity Taylor Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — The mother of one of the child passengers on a school van that was said to have crashed in Pittsburgh due to drunk driving recounted what she heard from her son as the driver fled the scene. Angela Walsh’s 11-year-old son, Nathan, was one of five children on a First Student van coming home from school. He called her from another student’s phone. “I could hear them in…
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LEWISBURG W.Va. (WVDN) – A routine traffic stop turned into a serious incident on the evening of May 28, when Lewisburg Police arrested two individuals on charges including driving under the influence and child neglect after two young children were found in a vehicle driven by an allegedly intoxicated motorist. According to a criminal complaint filed by the Lewisburg Police Department, the incident involved a silver Volkswagen Jetta with a West …
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