This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. “This is obviously troubling,” Warren said.Ĭopyright 2021 The Associated Press. The driver passed a breath test at the scene of the crash but then refused to submit to a later drug and alcohol test at the hospital, said Patrick Warren, the MTA’s chief safety and security officer. He has more than 11 years of service and a good safety record, the MTA said. The driver, whose name was not released, was driving his regular route. The MTA said it was conducting “a full investigation and will implement lessons learned in order to prevent it from happening again.” Speed appeared to be a factor in the crash, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said, adding no mechanical issues were detected in the bus. The patients suffered injuries consistent with a fall from such a great height,” Deputy Fire Chief Paul Hopper said in a social media post. “The bus fell approximately 50 feet onto the access road. One part of the articulated bus - essentially two buses connected by a pivot that allows it to navigate turns - remained on the bridge, with the other half vertical, its smashed front end resting on a ramp connecting the two expressways. near an interchange of the Cross Bronx and Major Deegan expressways. Seven passengers suffered minor injuries in the crash, which happened after 11 p.m. The 55-year-old driver broke his jaw in the crash and refused to submit to a drug and alcohol test after arriving at the hospital, authorities said Friday. Poteat was arrested in Florence, South Carolina, with the help of the Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force.Īfter pleading guilty to first degree murder charges, Poteat was sentenced to 60 years in prison.NEW YORK – A bus dramatically plunged off a bridge in New York City late Thursday, leaving its front half hanging over a highway ramp, its fall broken only by the road below. Marshals and Florence County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Poteat. In April of 2021, Warrant Apprehension detectives along with U.S. ![]() READ: Second suspect arrested in January killing of MTA Mobility driver in Baltimore He admitted to driving the alleged shooter, presumably Poteat, to the scene and dropping him off downtown afterwards. ![]() MTA Bus operates 46 local bus routes in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens and 35 express bus. ![]() Later police pulled over a car matching the description, and identified the driver as Ernest Ford. Utah Transit Authority Bus Driver in Eagle Mountain, UT. ![]() The gunman then gets back into the passenger side of the Buick, and takes off. READ MORE: New details emerge on what led to the January murder of an MTA mobility van driver RELATED: Man arrested, second suspect wanted in killing of MTA Mobility driver in Baltimoreįor some reason he and another man who had been waiting with the woman, got into a heated argument.Īfter boarding the van, the woman told Duckett the guy he'd been arguing with was her grandson, 33-year-old Marquis Poteat.Īs Duckett drove to the next stop in the 4400 block of Moravia Road, security camera footage shows a passenger get out of a beige Buick Lesabre, and fire a handgun through the van front driver's side window, killing Duckett. It all started when Duckett picked up an elderly woman on Mulberry Street back in January of 2021. BALTIMORE - A Baltimore man plead guilty to the murder of Frankye Duckett, who was an MTA mobility bus driver.
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