Amador County – An Amador City woman was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated Tuesday after crashing her vehicle into an occupied school bus that was stopped at an intersection on Highway 49, near Ridge Road. The California Highway Patrol’s Amador County Unit reported that 3 students and a driver were on the school bus, and all 4 escaped injury in the incident. CHP Public Information Officer Craig Harmon said that Catherine Rios, 48, of Amador City was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving while intoxicated. CHP reported that at about 11:59 a.m. Tuesday, Rios was driving a 2003 GMC and was northbound on Highway 49 just south of Ridge Road. The bus, a 2005 model, was stopped at the stop light in the northbound lane of Highway 49, in the same lane in which Rios was approaching in her vehicle. Rios failed to stop her vehicle and it crashed into the rear end of the school bus. Rios sustained moderate injuries as a result of the crash and was treated at a hospital and released. Harmon said Rios was cleared from the hospital and arrested for a DUI and for driving with a blood alcohol content over the legal limit, or greater than .08 percent. Rios was booked into the Amador County Jail. Harmon said CHP investigates all school bus collisions in any jurisdiction because CHP is the state regulator of school busses. Harmon said all 3 students and the driver were not injured. The students, 2 male minors and 1 female minor, and the bus driver, Judy Long, of Amador City, all were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash. Harmon said the bus apparently sustained no damage. Harmon said the bus was one of the shorter busses in the fleet of the Amador County Unified School District. ACUSD Transportation Director Andy Peters did not return a call seeking information about the bus, its riders and its destination. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.