 I'm Sergeant Mike Farr, F-A-R-R, the Denver Police Travelling Investigations Unit. We've asked you here today to provide what would be a final report on the collision that occurred on September 11th involving the Legacy High School bus owned and operated by Adams 12 schools that occurred at DIA. The investigation has concluded and the word that we'll use to describe the findings is inconclusive. Most crashes, in fact all crashes that we investigate, have as contributing factors really three primary areas that we look. And that's human, vehicle, and environment. And this crash is no different. We certainly looked at all of those. So starting with the environment, the area, roadways were clear, the weather was good, the sun was still high in the sky, there's really nothing environmentally that led us to believe that an environmental factor was a contributing factor to this collision. We were able to inspect the bus with one of my certified inspectors. He found the bus other than the collision damage to be in good operating condition. There was nothing that they discovered that led them to believe that there was going to be any reason to think a mechanical failure on the part of the bus was going to contribute to the crash. So it brings us down really to that final of the three factors, the human. As we had indicated in earlier briefings with the public and the press that looking at the human you look at what may have gone wrong. We look at was this an intentional act or a purposeful act. As we've had an opportunity to look into the driver's background, Ms. Chopper, there is really nothing there that would lead us to believe conclusively that it was an intentional or purposeful act. You know, the word certainly will use is suicide. Was this a suicide attempt? Nothing in the background, nothing evidentiary was uncovered to lead us to believe that. Also then, of course, there's medical. There was some things about the collision that is the route back to the terminal as we discussed that was unexpected. We've certainly not been able to undercover in talking to any of the occupants on the bus at the time. Do we know why that route back to the terminal building occurred? And of course, in waiting for the autopsy in the coroner's report, they also as a result of the collision forces, the body was in such a condition that they could not conclude definitively that a medical condition is going to play a contributing factor in this crash. So as we stand here today and have really exercised talking to all the witnesses that were made available and known to us, the condition of the vehicle, the condition of the environment, we simply are going to have to call this one a mystery. There is no definitive answers as to why this crash occurred. So it really wraps up my comments. Are there any any questions? Yes, well, that very good point. We really try to provide answers. Certainly my job as a police officer is to look for potential criminal violations and whole defenders responsible. But that's not all of my job. Certainly a good portion of my job is to provide answers for loved ones for family members directly and indirectly affected by this. And it's troublesome when you're unable to do that because that certainly is one of my goals and objectives. But this is one of those cases that simply there is nothing in any of those factors that we look at that leads us down to a road where we can draw any any strong conclusions. Certainly our investigation did conclude that the bus was approximately 10 to 11 feet high, as I recall. The posted clearance for that part of the airport she was heading for is 9 foot 6. So one could conclude and we did not, at least that I'm aware of, try to line that bus up to see if it would actually fit physically. I left the scene prior to doing that. But based on the height of the bus and the height that's posted there, it appears it would not have fit. Is it there? You know, conceivable. It's hard for me to conclude that because again, we had witnesses on board the bus who indicated to us that there was no effort to stop emergency braking and there was plenty of room prior to coming to the entrance of four to apply the brakes in a non-emergency fashion to bring the bus to a stop if I thought that were the case. So while that's possible, Rick, I certainly, I would be skeptical if that were the case. There was room to bring the bus to a stop prior to that. You know, I think it was the fact that we had so many folks involved and that is we have the adult bus driver, the adult coaches and the kids on board. And great public interest in what happened here because we care about our kids. And so trying to provide answers and trying to at least find out what occurred here. And then is there something we can do to prevent future occurrences and we're unable to do that. So that's a little frustrating. Do we have an opportunity as earlier discussed to provide answers to the family of the decedent? And we don't and I wish we did. Rare, absolutely. It does happen, however. In the cases that I am attached to, very often we find a proximate cause. And that's the legal definition of what set this chain of events into motion. And very often we are able to identify that. In this case, we can't, it's rare, but it does happen. Certainly the other buses, there were three buses in the convoy. And the answer is yes, they did go back around because they are a pack. And they leave together, they arrive at the school together. Everything is done for safety together. My understanding is that there was no radio communication between the buses. And that they simply followed because that's what the lead bus was doing. We don't, the word is probative. That is when we look at video evidence like that, is there something that helps explain the story? And here, there really was not. And part of that is simply because we don't always get to pick where our video cameras are stationed and where our crashes occur. And so we're left with video that is sometimes grainy. And we can see dynamics, but we can't make out people. We can't make out certain evidence. But we can find out, let me look and see is there something about the travel nature of the bus that gives me a clue as to what happened. And certainly that wasn't the case there. Now, I had the chance to, through some witness interviews, ask about that very, as we were coming back to the terminal with the trip back to the terminal being unusual, was there anything else about that trip that was unusual? Asking them to try to get me information about, we were swerving all over the place or we ran off the road. And none of them answered in that manner. They just simply said, no, just we were going back and I didn't know why. But there was nothing else remarkable about the trip back. And that's the video certainly shows that there just simply isn't anything remarkable about what we see until the bus leaves the roadway. Yes, we have anecdotal evidence that is witnesses tell us about 35 to 40. We've not done any other analysis to see. I know that there are some onboard computers on the bus itself that may provide some technical, but I haven't examined those so I don't know if that has provided any window to that. Well, they have been examined, I just haven't seen them. My eyeballs have not laid eyes on them, that's all I'm saying. Yes, what I had and what I reported earlier is that we had some of the kids who said they heard someone say that it swerved. I never got to talk to anybody who actually told me that. I know in looking at the reports there were those folks who said they overheard someone else hear that, but I didn't get a chance to talk to anybody who said, yes, I felt it or I saw it swerved. I do know that the school district has that information. If they choose to release it or not, they can. I can go back and look and see if I have it, but the truth is, we're closing this one out. Why? Because I have no criminal charges that I'm gonna move forward with. And so I'm really closing this out because unfortunately, as important as this case was, it's not the only important case that my office is working on right now. It's time to move those resources to some other cases that can use our attention. So I know that sounds cold and callous. It's certainly not meant to be that way. But quite frankly, this is a case that we are concluding and we are gonna move on. Certainly not no. No evidence of that. That's probably a question better for the district. One last question. Posted at 1515. Thank you. Thank you.