Pretrial option denied school bus driver charged in fatal crash

BENTON Tn., - A prosecutor today refused a former Georgia school bus driver&#39;s bid to avoid trial on criminal charges from a bus-train collision that killed three students. <br> <br> Polk County Assistant District Attorney Sandra Donaghy turned down Rhonda Cloer&#39;s request for a pretrial diversion program, saying the defendant ``shows no remorse in her statements and has not accepted any responsibility for her conduct.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Cloer faces 19 criminal charges, including vehicular homicide, from a March 2000 collision between the Murray County, Georgia, school bus she was driving and a C-S-X train. Four other students were seriously hurt. <br> <br> Cloer also is charged with reckless aggravated assault and failing to stop a school bus at a railroad crossing. <br> <br> Cloer could appeal Donaghy&#39;s decision to District Attorney Jerry Estes and then to the courts. <br> <br> Donaghy&#39;s written decision said Cloer has given differing versions of what happened. <br> <br> The prosecutor also says videotaped evidence shows Cloer failed to stop the school bus at the rail crossing ``on 10 separate dates between March 13 and March 28, 2000.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Donaghy also cited the Tennessee Highway Patrol&#39;s strong opposition to diversion to support her decision. <br> <br> Cloer&#39;s attorney, Conrad Finnell, could not be reached by telephone for comment. <br> <br>