Milwaukee County County Fatal Bus Crash; Video shows driver, collision

Milwaukee – – Milwaukee County's transit system released a video of a bus accident in December on Thursday, in which one man was killed and another injured. The bus driver has been released and charged since then.

Bus accident

The background story:

The crash occurred on December 25 shortly after 11 p.m. near 47th and Villard. In a criminal complaint, the police came to find two damaged vehicles on the street and a blood trail. The bus had front-end damage and a broken windshield.

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A man who was identified as a 79-year-old Robert Clemons was transferred and killed. Another man was injured. According to the complaint, the surviving victim told the police that they were working to repair a truck when the bus hit it and the vehicle. He suffered leg injuries and a broken arm. The police found that the vehicles that the bus hit were legally parked.

In court

The background story:

Court files show that the 52-year-old Montrell Pharm of negligent operation of a vehicle and ruthless driving is charged with negligent operation and ruthless driving, which causes great physical damage in connection with the accident in December.

McTS bus video

Grab deeper:

The MCTS bus was equipped with cameras, one of which was outward and showed the direction in which the bus moved, and another who recorded the driver.

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The complaint said the video showed that the bus mainly drove in the bike track. It stayed on a red light and then sat there when the light became green and sat through the light circle again. When the bus drove through the intersection of 46th and Villard, two parked vehicles that were involved in the accident were seen before the bus hit one and pushed it into the other.

The bus then hit one person and moved back from the bicycle lane to the main trail of traffic. The bus stopped and then began to move forward before he stopped and overtook Villard near 48.

The complaint continued that the driver, pharm, seemed to sleep or let his eyes closed when the bus both stopped and moved.

The bus driver

What you say:

The police interviewed Pharm. According to court files, he said that he had worked 14-hour since December 22nd and had an eight and a half-hour layer in between-and that he had slept six hours the night before.

Pharm said he was ashamed of what happened, according to the complaint, but that he “looked straight and had a clear way and that he was good”. The next one he knew there was an impact. He also made various comments on his health, including comments, his blood sugar that he is “pre -diabetic” and must have his body closed. He noticed that he had no insurance, so he couldn't get the medication in some time.

Grab deeper:

McTS records show that Pharm was involved in an incident on October 15, 2024, while he operated an MCTS bus in which he was involved in an “avoidable accident” in the 76th and Burleigh, in which he “seemed to fall asleep, which caused his bus to get in touch with the back of a inpatient vehicle in a red light”.

The records obtained from the MCTS showed that pharmaceutical training was subjected to and was instructed to do what to do if he feels too tired/tired to take a bus according to the complaint.

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