Alyssa Shepherd, the driver who killed three children and injured a fourth when she drove around a stopped school bus in 2018 is scheduled to be released from prison after serving just over 2 years of her 4 year sentence.
FULTON COUNTY — A Fulton County judge has blocked Alyssa Shepherd from starting a program that would have cut 90 days off her prison sentence for the 2018 school bus stop crash that killed three children and injured a fourth.
On the morning of Oct. 30, 2018, Shepherd drove her 2017 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck around the stopped school bus and struck four children as they crossed the two-lane country highway in Fulton County. Shepherd testified at trial that she rounded a curve and mistook the bus and its bright flashing lights for farm equipment, according to court records. She said she never saw the bus's stop arm and did not see the children until it was too late.Shepherd previously shaved six months off her sentence by completing a faith-based course designed to reform criminal lifestyles, behavior and attitudes, Fulton County Prosecutor Michael Marrs said.