BATON ROUGE, La. — Police are searching for at least three youths who stole a school bus Saturday and took it on a joy ride before abandoning it in a field, officials said.
A group of kids, whose ages have not been released, were seen at 12:30 p.m. driving the East Baton Rouge school bus, The Advocate reported.
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#BREAKING @BRPD is attempting to locate a group of juveniles who reportedly stole this @EBRSchools bus early this afternoon & took it for a joyride before abandoning it in a field near Hollywood and McClelland @theadvocatebr pic.twitter.com/GNyeqjDSfS
— Hilary Scheinuk (@hscheinukphoto) August 18, 2018
Police later found the bus in a field. Investigators are also trying to determine how they gained access to it.
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