A school bus driver in Haute-Vienne, who used to drop off middle school students in front of their homes for security reasons, was dismissed for serious misconduct by his employer.

As the regional daily

Le Populaire du Center

revealed , the company Europ Voyages, the new holder of the public market in the Billanges sector, a town of 300 inhabitants, accuses him of having made so-called "wild" stops, different from those planned on its route, in this rural area.

“Inconceivable to let children take risks”

The employer also calls into question the behavior of the employee to explain his decision.

“When I asked him not to bring the children home anymore, he insulted me.

He did not respect the relationship of subordination, ”says Maxime Trossat, manager of the company.

But for the driver as for the parents concerned, it was a question of the safety of the children who would have had, otherwise, to walk on the edge of roads considered dangerous, in particular at night.

"It was inconceivable to let the children take risks," explained the ex-driver, who has been in business for seventeen years according to

Le Populaire du Center

.

“It didn't make me change my route.

These practices were tolerated in the past, ”adds the one who wants to seize the prud’hommes.

The mother of a schoolgirl "revolted" by this dismissal

“My daughter, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, had to do 650 meters in the dark on a municipal road, without sidewalks or markings on the ground.

She had to walk in the ditches to get home, ”testified Christelle Nozière, a resident of Billanges who plans to file a complaint for endangering the lives of others.

“We could entrust him [to the driver] with the children with his eyes closed.

To dismiss someone for that, it revolts me”.

In the columns of the regional daily, the mayor of the town is surprised by this dismissal, evoking “a serious and responsible professional, himself a father.

If he has taken initiatives, it is in the interest of the children.

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