Here’s the dramatic in-bus video showing just what happened back in April when an Asheville Transit System bus driver lost consciousness, and control, of the bus he was driving down College Street. The bus crashed into parked cars, ruptured a gas line, smashed the storefronts of The Mediterranean Restaurant, Spa Theology and Stella Blue nightclub, and seriously injured a 55-year-old pedestrian.
After an investigation, officials decided not to charge the bus driver, Ralph Dowdle, 52. Dowdle suffered a blackout from an undiagnosed medical condition, according to investigators.
There may well be a civil lawsuit to follow, but there’s been no new information on that front. This video is rather cavalier about the pedestrians on the street. It only says they narrowly avoid getting crushed, but in fact one woman who was walking on the street lost a leg in the accident.