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(AP) - The lawyer representing the woman charged
in the deaths of four children in a school bus crash wants his client's trial moved to a different city.

      Lyon County District Court officials confirmed Tuesday that attorney Manuel Guerrero filed notice on behalf of Olga Marina Franco del Cid.

      Franco is charged with four counts of criminal vehicular
homicide following the Feb. 19 bus crash in southwestern Minnesota.

      The notice says Guerrero will make a motion for a change of
venue at a court hearing Thursday in Marshall.
      
Authorities say Franco was driving a van that failed to stop at
an intersection, hitting a school bus carrying students from
Lakeview School in Cottonwood.

      Franco denies she was the driver of the van, saying her
boyfriend was at fault. He has not been found.

      Information from: Independent,
http://www.marshallindependent.com

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