‘He cannot be allowed to walk away’: Hays CISD urges against parole for truck driver in deadly school bus crash

Editor’s note: The above video shows thedash camera video of the collision from the bus driver’s viewpoint. KXAN has removed the audio.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Hays Consolidated Independent School District superintendent on Monday urged state leaders to deny parole for the truck driver convicted in a 2024 deadly collision with a school bus.

Jerry Hernandez pleaded guilty in June 2025 to manslaughter and was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Hernandez was behind the wheel when his concrete truck veered into a school bus carrying more than 50 pre-K students on a field trip…

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