The family of a North Carolina State University bus driver says she died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Joann Sewell died in December just hours after complaining of sickening fumes on board her bus.
Sherese Brown, Sewel's daughter, says the N.C. Medical Examiner's Office told her attorney that Sewel died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
However, the medical examiner has not released their findings to the public yet, and says the autopsy results are still under investigation.
The Raleigh-area woman was a driver for one of the Wolfline buses on the campus of N.C. State. Wolfline is owned by First Transit, a national company.
In 2010, a driver for the same parent company was driving her bus in Houston when she became ill during her shift and later died.
The Student Government at N.C. State is calling on the university to launch its own investigation.
"We felt this was a safety issue that should be investigated by the university thoroughly," said Joseph Moo-Young, a first year senator-at-large.
Alex Compton, a senior senator, added, "If something like this is happening in other places, and it's happening here, we want to make sure the university is doing its job."
Student senators are introducing the Joann Sewell Justice Act, to formally present to the administration their concerns. The school has not done its own investigation because the bus company is an independent contractor.
The N.C. Department of Labor says its investigation into issue is on-going.
The bus company, First Transit, released a statement Thursday, saying in part, "OSHA has conducted air monitoring on the buses in question, and the buses did not reveal any detectable amount of carbon monoxide."
There have been reports of other drivers complaining of fumes as well.
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