Judge to decide whether driver will face criminal charges

BENTON, Tenn. - A Tennessee judge will decide by the end of the week whether a school bus driver will face criminal charges in an accident on the Georgia-Tennessee line that killed three children. <br> <br> Defense attorney Conrad Finnell asked Judge Steve Bebb on Monday to reconsider Rhonda Cloer&#39;s request for pretrial diversion. <br> <br> Cloer, 35, drove a Murray County school bus that collided with a train just across the Tennessee line near Tennga on March 28, 2000, killing three children and injuring four others, including her daughter. <br> <br> Finnell previously filed for pretrial diversion that would have given Cloer two years of probation. The district attorney&#39;s office has denied the request. <br> <br> District Attorney Jerry Estes of Polk County, Tenn. has upheld the decision so Finnell appealed to the judge. <br> <br> The judge said he will read Finnell&#39;s motion and rule by Friday. <br> <br>