LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The woman convicted of hitting and killing three children at an Indiana bus stop in 2018 was released from prison, FOX59 reported Wednesday.
Alyssa Shepherd was serving a four-year sentence after being convicted of reckless homicide and criminal recklessness in connection to the October 2018 crash which killed Alivia Stahl, 9, and twin 6-year-old brothers Mason and Xzavier Ingle.
A fourth child, also hit, underwent more than 20 surgeries in the aftermath.
The children were crossing a two-lane road to board a Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. bus near Rochester, about 100 miles north of Indianapolis. Shepherd told authorities she didn’t realize that she was approaching a stopped school bus, despite the activated stop arm and flashing lights.
Alyssa Shepherd is serving a four-year sentence after being convicted of reckless homicide and criminal recklessness in connection to an Oct. 2018 crash, which killed Alivia Stahl, 9, and twin 6-year-old brothers Mason and Xzavier Ingle.
Court documents show Shepherd told police she saw the lights but didn’t recognize the vehicle as a school bus until the children were right in front of her.
The Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. paid nearly $3.5 million to the three children's families.
About $206,000 went to Alivia Stahl's father, while the mother of all three deceased children, Brittany Ingle, and her husband Shane Ingle, received a little over $1.13 million.
Shepherd was eligible for release in December. She is expected to be put on home detention with GPS monitoring. Her driver's license will be suspended until 2032.
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