Here is a hilarious article I saw in the paper the other day:
CORSICANA, Texas (AP) - A Greyhound bus driver who apparently took her work rules very seriously abandoned a bus full of former prisoners along a highway because her hours for the day were over, police said.
The 40 passengers had been paroled from the Huntsville State Prison in Huntsville, Texas. Some wore ankle bracelet monitors.
They were aboard a charter bus that was headed Thursday to a terminal in Dallas but wound up 60 miles short when the driver pulled over and informed the ex-convicts that her hours for the day had ended and she was leaving the bus.
"In 31 years in law enforcement I've never seen anything like this," Corsicana Police Sgt. Lamoin Lawhon said.
Police said the bus was chartered from Greyhound Bus Lines Inc. The driver pulled over in front of a convenience store around 4 p.m. and told the passengers her allotted driving time was up and that another driver was on the way and would be there any minute. The second driver never arrived.
A clerk in the convenience store called police when he noticed that the bus had been sitting for several hours and that the passengers seemed to be growing restless. Officers arrived to find the former prisoners milling around the interior and exterior of the bus. Dispatchers exchanged several phone calls with Greyhound and Huntsville prison officials while Lawhon and two other officers stayed with the bus and the passengers.
Just before 7 p.m., a second bus arrived with three drivers - including the one who had abandoned her passengers in the first place, Lawhon said.
Greyhound spokesman Dustin Clark said company officials were investigating the incident. "It is a very serious matter," he said.
Clark also said Greyhound Bus Lines has very strict rules regarding driving hours and the abandonment of buses and passengers.
Police said there were no incidents involving the passengers while they were stranded.
"Their behavior was exemplary," Officer Travis Wallace said. "They waited with the bus and made no attempts to disturb anyone for the lengthy time that they were stranded. It's amazing, really."
CORSICANA, Texas (AP) - A Greyhound bus driver who apparently took her work rules very seriously abandoned a bus full of former prisoners along a highway because her hours for the day were over, police said.
The 40 passengers had been paroled from the Huntsville State Prison in Huntsville, Texas. Some wore ankle bracelet monitors.
They were aboard a charter bus that was headed Thursday to a terminal in Dallas but wound up 60 miles short when the driver pulled over and informed the ex-convicts that her hours for the day had ended and she was leaving the bus.
"In 31 years in law enforcement I've never seen anything like this," Corsicana Police Sgt. Lamoin Lawhon said.
Police said the bus was chartered from Greyhound Bus Lines Inc. The driver pulled over in front of a convenience store around 4 p.m. and told the passengers her allotted driving time was up and that another driver was on the way and would be there any minute. The second driver never arrived.
A clerk in the convenience store called police when he noticed that the bus had been sitting for several hours and that the passengers seemed to be growing restless. Officers arrived to find the former prisoners milling around the interior and exterior of the bus. Dispatchers exchanged several phone calls with Greyhound and Huntsville prison officials while Lawhon and two other officers stayed with the bus and the passengers.
Just before 7 p.m., a second bus arrived with three drivers - including the one who had abandoned her passengers in the first place, Lawhon said.
Greyhound spokesman Dustin Clark said company officials were investigating the incident. "It is a very serious matter," he said.
Clark also said Greyhound Bus Lines has very strict rules regarding driving hours and the abandonment of buses and passengers.
Police said there were no incidents involving the passengers while they were stranded.
"Their behavior was exemplary," Officer Travis Wallace said. "They waited with the bus and made no attempts to disturb anyone for the lengthy time that they were stranded. It's amazing, really."
