MAHOMET, Ill. (WAND) - A bus driver has been arrested after police say he was driving under the influence with students on board. 

According to Mahomet-Seymour School District Superintendent Lindsey Hall, the bus was pulled over in Piatt County after leaving an athletic event. 

Police said 69-year-old Marvin Bell of Mahomet was driving recklessly and nearly sideswiped several vehicles in the Decatur area.

Monticello Police and Piatt County deputies made a traffic stop on I-72 eastbound at milepost 169.

The driver was arrested and charged with DUI Drugs and reckless endangerment of children. 

There were 33 students and coaches from Mahomet Seymour on board the bus when it was stopped.

According to Hall, the driver passed all of the tests required to become a bus driver at the beginning of the school year. Hall said the district takes these incidents very serious.

The identity of the driver was not yet released.