The driver of a Pennsylvania city bus were treated to a rather unexpected passenger on Tuesday evening, when a white tailed deer crashed through the windshield of the bus and out the front door that the shocked bus driver subsequently opened.
There were no passengers on board the bus at the time, and the deer was caught on the bus’s security cameras frantically attempting to find a way to escape from the bus, running up and down the empty aisles until it found its way out of the open front door.
The driver of the bus, which was moving at the time, immediately stopped the CamTran bus and attempted to help the stunned creature find a way out. At first, the deer attempted to leap back through the shattered windscreen, but fell back into the bus before bounding to freedom.
Josh Yoder, a spokesman for CamTran, said that no one was injured in the incident. It is not clear what happened to the deer, but the animal did not appear to be seriously injured.
In more bus accident news, a tour bus carrying Florida school children on a field trip was hit by a runaway vehicle near New Orleans last week, killing one woman in the car and injuring four others. According to legal experts, the women in the car may decide to file a lawsuit in the case, despite appearing to be the parties at fault.
The car strayed into oncoming traffic on the I-10 after the driver appeared to lose control. It missed the first two of three buses from a Florida elementary school, but hit into the third bus. None of the passengers on board the bus were injured in the incident. However one passenger in the car was killed and the driver and three other passengers in the car were injured.
Legal experts say that this incident could lead to an unusual lawsuit in which the passengers of a car involved in an accident sue their driver for any injuries that are not covered by medical insurance. In such accidents, the driver is liable for damages and may be found guilty of culpable homicide if the family members of the dead passenger decide to sue. Lawsuits from the passengers on board the bus may also be forthcoming in the future, as lawyers warn that injuries such as whiplash following bus accidents may only show up days or weeks after the incident.