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Posted: 2024-03-06T23:35:45Z | Updated: 2024-03-06T23:37:03Z

A Utah school bus driver was detained Saturday after being accused of setting a bus on fire on two occasions, the first involving dozens of kids on board, the U.S. Attorneys Office in Utah announced .

Former Granite School District bus driver Michael Austin Ford, 58, of West Valley City, Utah, was indicted last month and is facing two counts of arson of a vehicle of an organization receiving federal funds. Prosecutors alleged that video evidence shows him using an ignition device to start a fire with 42 kids on board in February 2022.

According to the announcement, the video also shows Ford continuing to drive the bus into traffic despite smoke billowing past his face towards the back of the bus where children were seated.