Initially nothing happened to him, but after the video was posted and went viral, the greater cleveland regional transit authority rta said his actions were not in accordance to the companys policies and pulled the. Video shows fight between rta driver, rider in shaker. Artis hughes, the cleveland bus driver who infamously gave an uppercut to an irate female passenger, has been terminated by the rta following an official probe into the incident. Rta driver who hit pedestrian on public square will serve. The 25year transportation veteran was secretly videotaped striking shidea lane by another passenger during a routine bus trip. Bus security video last month captured a fistfight between lesley and rider cierra gill. Detroit greater cleveland regional transit authority. Rta bus driver artis hughes fired for punching passenger. Tweet pin it tweetwe reported last month on the rta bus driver artis hughes that punched a passenger shidea n lane, for spitting and hitting him while he was driving a bus. According to an rta spokesperson, the bus driver was immediately suspended. From downtown cleveland, the bus travels on detroit avenue through cleveland s west side and lakewood. Video shows fight between rta driver, rider in shaker heights. A fedex truck crossed a median and slammed headon into a bus carrying students in northern california, killing 10 people.
Greater cleveland rta fires bus driver charged in fight. Cleveland rta bus driver punches mouthy female passenger this bus driver deserves a fucking medal and a big time promotion. Rta bus driver fired after fight with passenger caught on video. Well, that driver was fired from his job and charged with assault last november. Artis hughes has also been fired from the greater cleveland regional transit. Fired rta bus driver indicted for killing cleveland. Greater cleveland regional transit authority 4 euclid heat treating company 1 apollo retail specialists 1. Now, rta said driver anthony lesley was terminated. In defense of cleveland rta driver not being fired. Video shows suspended greater cleveland rta bus driver fighting. Joined by the cleveland state line, the regions brt backbone now extends between westlake and east cleveland, serving lakewood, downtown cleveland, and university circle along.
The greater cleveland regional transit authority rta is currently investigating the fight between a male bus driver and a female passenger after a video of the driver throwing an uppercut and tossing the woman off his bus, fox 8 cleveland reports. Cleveland, oh woio 19 action news has learned that the rta bus driver who punched a passenger back in october has been fired. A bus driver was fired following an internal investigation into a fight with a passenger, rta told the fox 8 iteam. Then it turns on wooster road to center ridge road and ends at. The regional transit authority has fired the bus driver who killed a woman last month as she legally crossed an intersection at public square. The 56yearold is now facing legal problems and is being charged with aggravated disorderly. Cleveland bus driver fired after delivering an uppercut to. Cleveland rta bus driver punches mouthy female passenger.
Investigators have not detailed the circumstances leading up to the alleged assault. Uppercut bus driver fired over passenger assault video. It is wrong for the cleveland bus driver to lose his job that he has faithfully held for 22 years because he was forced. The driver s name was jerry, and his operator number was 101402. Cleveland the rta bus driver charged with assault after allegedly uppercutting a woman on his bus was fired.
Cleveland, oh woio the rta bus driver who lost an appeal to get his job back earlier this month will have the support of the union as they file for arbitration on his behalf to get his job back. Marvin fong, the plain dealer shaker heights, ohio a former rta bus driver was sentenced today to. Cleveland, ohio woio the greater cleveland regional transit authority released video which shows a physical altercation that occurred on a bus which eventually resulted in the driver s. Rta bus driver enters not guilty plea charged after being. Show your support for artis hughes the cleveland, ohio greater cleveland regional transit authority bka rta driver who was in an. The former greater dayton regional transit authority bus driver who was fired in 2014 after falsely claiming he was attacked by three black youths has filed a personal injury lawsuit related to a. Cleveland ap a bus driver fired by an ohio transit authority has been indicted on an aggravated vehicular homicide charge for killing a pedestrian in a crosswalk in downtown cleveland. In defense of cleveland rta driver not being fired home. Rta bus driver artis hughes fired over passenger upper cut. I do not condone violence against women indeed i have never laid my hand on a woman in my life, but i do support the right of working class people to free themselves from verbal abuse of low life filth regardless of. Cleveland the fox 8 iteam has found an rta bus driver fired for making a call on a cell phone while hauling a bus full of passengers, but hes fighting to get his job back saying he had no. The cleveland bus driver who fired back at an aggressive female passenger with a ferocious uppercut. Allday passes are available for purchase on all rta vehicles at the farebox, ticket vending machines, and at retail agents. Cell phone video surfaced last year that showed rta driver art hughes belting a female passenger with an uppercut.
Bus security video released to fox 8 showed a female passenger storming to the front of the bus and loudly confronting the driver. The cleveland rta union voted in favor of arbitration for the bus driver who was fired after being caught on video punching a rider. Bus driver antoinette peterkin was suspended following. Video released friday shows a suspended greater cleveland rta driver fighting a passenger aboard a bus in shaker heights. Rickey wagoner suing rta, moving company dayton, oh crime. Rta bus driver fired after hitting, killing pedestrian in. The greater cleveland rta fired a driver who is facing misdemeanor charges in a fight with a passenger aboard a bus stopped at a shaker heights station, the agency said. Rta has filed disorderly conduct charges against the uppercut victim. Cleveland s inaugural brt line, the healthline, was one of the first of its kind in the nation, and has been the inspiration for many other projects across the country. The incident came to light when cell phone video of the incident surfaced shortly after it happened last month. Cleveland, ohio woio the rta bus driver involved in a violent confrontation will be arraigned in shaker height municipal court tuesday morning, july 16. Rta bus driver fired after fight with passenger caught on video fox8. Uppercut bus driver artis hughes fired you broke the rules.
Fares greater cleveland regional transit authority. The greater dayton transportation authority on friday fired rickey wagoner, the white bus driver who in february gave a raciallycharged account of being attacked by three black youths while on. Uppercut rta bus driver victim shidea lane to make plea tomorrow in shaker hts municipal court on disorderly conduct charge, fired rta bus driver artis hughes, who sucker puched the young woman and through her from an rta bus, was found guilty of assault. Greater cleveland rta fires bus driver charged in fight with. Artis hughes, cleveland bus driver who knocked girl into. This is the email i sent to the general manager at the greater cleveland regional transit authority regarding two incidents that happened in one day of tryingto get from pint a to point b using rta. The cleveland rta union voted in favor of arbitration for the bus driver who was fired after being caught on 06. The greater cleveland regional transit authoritys bus driver union voted to bring in an arbitrator in connection with the firing of a bus driver involved in a physical altercation with a passenger. Video shows violent assault involving rta bus operator. Video surfaced in october of 59yearold rta driver artis hughes uppercutting a 25yearold woman who refused to pay, the police report said. Rta fires driver who punched unruly passenger cleveland the greater cleveland regional transit authority has fired driver artis hughes following an altercation with a female passenger. Cleveland a former bus driver for a cleveland area transit authority who was charged in the death of a pedestrian struck by the driver s bus has. Rta driver indicted, accused in deadly downtown cleveland crash.
Rta bus driver fired after fight with passenger caught on. The cleveland bus driver seen in a viral video delivering an uppercut to a young girl has been fired, according to the rta. A bus driver who injured a pedestrian last month near public square has been fired, according to a statement released by rta. Uppercut rta bus driver victim shidea lane to make plea. The cleveland bus driver seen in a viral video delivering an uppercut to. Routes greater cleveland regional transit authority. Video shows suspended greater cleveland rta bus driver fighting passenger duration. The video went viral and everyone had an opinion as to who was wrong. All seniordisabled cash fares, farecards and passes require passenger to show valid rta senior or disabled id both of which include a photo, or a medicare card as well as a driver s license or other official photo id. A bus driver was fired following an internal investigation into a fight with a passenger, rta told the fox 8 iteam it happened weeks ago in shaker heights. I team now has security video showing a male rta bus driver having. Video shows violent assault involving rta bus operator that led to. Hughes was charged with assault and placed on unpaid leave following the september 18 incident on board an rta bus in beachwood. The rta bus driver who was behind the wheel when a pedestrian was struck and killed at public square has been terminated, rta announced friday.
Fired cleveland rta bus driver pleads guilty in pedestrian. Rta bus driver artis hughes was sentenced today for uppercutting an unruly passenger in 2012. Rta bus driver who hit, fatally wounded woman in public. Bus operator fulltime greater cleveland regional transit authority 3. Former rta bus driver antoinette peterkin, who struck and killed a 69yearold woman on public square in december, 2016, was sentenced to probation and community service at a.
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