A school bus driver in Maple Lake, Minnesota, was under the influence of alcohol when he was dropping students off from school Thursday, according to newly filed charges.

Court documents say that a Wright County deputy was informed by a school resource officer with Maple Lake Public Schools that a child reported smelling alcohol coming from his bus driver.

The 55-year-old man was dropping students off along County Road 8 and in Silver Lake Township, according to the criminal complaint.

The school resource officer was in contact with the bus company, M&M Bus Service, which brought a replacement driver. The 55-year-old was taken to the bus service's garage, where the Wright County deputy met him.

The deputy noticed that the man's eyes were watery and he smelled of alcohol, the complaint

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