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Coeur d’Alene woman arrested after bus accident

Julie Witlicki (Kootenai County Sheriff's Department)
The Spokesman-Review
A drunken driver slammed into a school bus filled with children Wednesday, but no one was injured, according to the Idaho State Patrol. Julie Witlicki, 38, was arrested after her 1995 Volkswagen Jetta crossed the center line on Highway 95 near Worley and hit a school bus driven by Vernie Johnson, 65, of Tensed, according to a news release. No one was injured in the crashed, which occurred at mile post 403 at 7:33 a.m., the State Patrol said. Witlicki and her two passengers were searing seat belts.