SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A former Utah school bus driver admitted to being responsible for setting a bus of fire while driving it.
Michael Austin Ford, 60, was indicted in 2024, but admitted to being responsible for the arson on March 27, 2026.
According to court documents and admissions made at Ford’s change of plea hearing, he used a cigarette lighter to set a Granite School District school bus on fire on April 7, 2023…