A bus driver for Eagan School District in the Twin Cities resigned after a DWI arrest that occurred while he was transporting seven high school students.

61-year-old Herby Paulson has been previously suspected of DWI, and this arrest occurred when Paulson struck a motor home Monday afternoon. The bus was inoperable after the accident, but none of the seven students on board were injured. Paulson was immediately suspended from his job, and he resigned the next day.

Paulson has been with the district for six years. In 2006, he was suspended following a complaint that he smelled of alcohol, but he kept his job in that situation. Paulson was reinstated according to a federal law that required the district to allow him to complete a treatment program and submit drug tests to prove he was capable of serving as a driver for the district. He completed the two-year program successfully and never submitted a failed drug or alcohol test.

Paulson failed a field sobriety test following this crash. It is unclear why the crash occurred, but the accident is under investigation. Paulson was booked and released; this is his first DWI charge and first criminal charge. 

Paulson's arrest followed nearly immediately behind the arrest of Nell Lewis Carlson, another bus driver in the Minneapolis-St.Paul area. The city will be reconsidering requirements and punishments for school bus drivers in these situations in response to the two events.