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Video footage from Houston bus crash that injured 19 released

Video footage from inside a Houston METRO bus that collided with a METRO light rail train was just released.  The accident happened on Monday when the METRO bus ran a red light and crashed in to the train.  Nineteen people were injured in the accident.

In the video footage, the bus driver is seen going through a red light.  There are other cars stopped at the red light in the footage, and the bus driver, Debra Harrison, is seen asking “was that light green?”  After running the light at 29 miles per hour, Harrison crashed the METRO bus into the light rail train.

The METRO Police Department reviewed the video and their Chief stated that Harrison did indeed run a red light.  Not only that, but investigators believe that the light had been red for 10 seconds before Harrison ran it.

There are two interesting issues in this case.  One, this was not bus driver Harrison’s first accident.  In the past she has been involved in five other accidents since 2007, and one of those was ruled her fault.  Two, this train / bus collision at this intersection was the second in about a month.

The driver of that bus and the bus driver’s union have raised questions about the red light signal timing and about whether or not tree branches interfere with the driver’s ability to see the light.

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