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November 13, 2007

Metrobus Driver Charged in Accident

2007_1113_busaccident.jpgFox5 reported on Sunday that a member of their staff, Gwen Tolbart, was injured in a collision between her car and a Metrobus on Saturday night on her way home. Tolbart was thankfully not seriously hurt, but the bus driver, Harvey Carey of Lanham, has now been charged with failing to stay in the proper lane, which resulted in the accident.

Fishbowl DC has posted an email from Tolbart in which she describes the experience, which indeed sounds rather scary. We especially note this passage about the bus driver's behavior:

The driver of the bus got out and started walking in the middle of traffic away from the scene going North. A man who was calling police followed him. The driver would not come back. A girl who had been on the bus came to comfort me as did another man. The girl said the driver was acting strange on the bus. No one on the bus was injured.
Sounds like improperly changing lanes may have been the least of Carey's wrongdoing. We wish Tolbart a speedy recovery.

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Comments (4)

You've gotta watch out for those busses, because they sure as hell aren't looking out for you!

 

Never get out of the boat, never get out of the boat...

 

So when is Jim Graham going to hold a big press conference announcing the a 3-day shut-down of Metro Bus??

 

Err....30 days

 
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