POLSON — A 19-year-old Bigfork man has pleaded guilty to criminal endangerment and drunk-driving charges for rear-ending a school bus that had stopped to drop off students.
Daniel Fellows told District Judge James Manley Wednesday that he was driving about 80 mph when his pickup truck slammed into the bus near Polson last month.
Three of the eleven students were treated at a hospital for minor injuries. The bus was totaled.
KERR-AM reports Fellows’ blood-alcohol content was .122 and he said he drank three beers before the crash.
Fellows and prosecutors have struck a plea deal that calls for a deferred sentence of six years and paying restitution to the victims and the Polson School District.
Manley has set a sentencing hearing for July 22.