Dispute led to Greyhound bus crash; six passengers, driver injured

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A dispute on a Greyhound bus reportedly led to a crash at an I-40 off-ramp late Sunday night in northwest Albuquerque.

According to APD, a passenger engaged in a dispute with the bus driver, who was driving on an eastbound frontage road between 12th and 8th Street, near I-40, at around 11:20 p.m. Sunday. The passenger suddenly grabbed the steering wheel, causing the bus to veer off the road and hit a fence.

AFR crews extricated the driver, who was taken to UNM Hospital in critical condition with injuries to his lower extremities. The offending passenger was also transported to UNMH. Five other passengers were taken to Presbyterian and Lovelace hospitals in stable condition.

There were a total of 25 people on the bus.

https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/apd-dispute-led-to-sunday-night-bus-crash-at-i-40-and-12th-street-off-ramp-/6323343/?cat=500

[TexasTowelie]

1. The offending passenger better become accustomed to walking between destinations.

That passenger earned a lifetime ban. Greyhound, the driver, and the other passengers that were injured should sue the offending passenger even if they can't pay it.

Hopefully the driver will recover from his injuries.

[thucythucy]

2. The offending passenger ought to be charged:

reckless endangerment; assault with a deadly weapon (the bus); and whatever else will stick.

That in additional to the civil suits.

Thankfully there wasn't a gun involved, otherwise we'd have us a new right wing hero.