July 18 update: Jeffrey Irwin has died. It's unclear when the 66-year-old died or the cause.

A spokesperson for the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office told KDKA it found out about his death on July 18 at his scheduled hearing.

The original story from May 30 can be found below. 

The driver of a school van in Pittsburgh admitted to drinking after fleeing a crash while transporting juveniles, authorities said on Friday. 

Jeffrey Irwin, 66, is facing 27 total charges, including multiple counts of DUI, reckless driving, and endangering the welfare of children.

Pittsburgh Public Safety said Irwin crashed into another vehicle on the 16th Street Bridge before fleeing the scene. He was transporting approximately six 10-year-olds, officials said. 

Pittsburgh Public Safety said the juveniles began contacting their parents to alert them to the situation. Law enforcement tracked the van through the children's phones, and officers with the Mt. Oliver Borough Police located the vehicle and stopped the driver at the intersection of Becks Run Road and Wagner Street. The juveniles were safely returned to family members, and there were no reported injuries.

"We were very fortunate with the way that this ended," Desiree, the mother of one of the children on the bus, said.

"He almost flipped the bus over, and then it started moving into other lanes, and it hit a car," Desiree's daughter Audrey said. 

"It was just a little love tap, but it also scared me, too; it scared everybody," Desiree said.

The criminal complaint says Irwin admitted to having three to four drinks around noon on Friday. Police allege he also told an officer he "self-medicates" with alcohol. Police say Irwin does have at least one prior DUI and leaving the scene of an accident in 2001.

In a statement late Friday night, Baldwin-Whitehall School District said the van was operated by First Student and the driver is not a district employee. 

"I would like First Student removed from this contract, and I would like Baldwin to take accountability," Desiree said.

Desiree says her daughter has been a passenger in three separate crashes this school year.

"What do you do now at this point? How do you get your kids to school?" Desiree said.

The Baldwin-Whitehall superintendent says there will be alternative transportation solutions for Monday. He says they'll be watching the police investigation's outcome, too.

KDKA-TV has reached out to First Student for comment on Irwin's status.