A bus driver in the US has been fired after she was filmed allowing three young students to drive her bus, according to police.
Joandrea McAtee, 27, has been charged with felony neglect of a dependent following an investigation by authorities after parents of Boone Grove High School students in Indiana reported the incident.
Three students, aged 11, 13 and 17, were allowed to drive the bus down Lourdes St in Valparasio, Indiana, Fox News reports.
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In a statement to CBS Chicago, Porter Township School Corporation, the company that operates buses in the area, said it was "incredibly disappointed" by McAtee's actions.
"The driver was terminated," the company confirmed. "We have a zero-tolerance policy for employees whose actions may harm or put others at risk."
Video posted to social media shows what appears to be a young girl driving the bus as McAtee watches over her.
"Don't you tell no other adults," the driver tells the child in the video.
Rochelle McNamara, the mother of a girl who was on the bus, told CBS Chicago her child told her about the incident.
In another clip, McAtee can be heard saying, "It's all good. I'm letting her stop at Michael's stop."
No one was injured or harmed in the incident, Porter County Sheriff David Reynolds said in a statement.
"The Sheriff's Office and the Porter Township School Corporation takes safety and security of every student seriously and every parent must understand that this case will be investigated thoroughly," he said.
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