The defense attorney for a bus driver charged in a fatal November crash that killed four people says she plans to challenge the Arkansas State Police assertion that the driver was under the influence of amphetamines at the time of the crash.

Lawyer Tonya Alexander of West Memphis told The Associated Press after a brief hearing Tuesday that she thinks they will "beat science with science."

Felix Badillo Tapia of Brownville, Texas, attended the brief hearing in which a judge set an August 25th trial date.

Tapia was driving a Tornado Bus Co. bus Nov. 25 when it crossed the median on Interstate 40 near Forrest City, and collided with a pickup truck and a tractor trailer. Three bus passengers and the pickup truck driver were killed. More than 20 others were injured.

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