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   From: Raisa@nyet.ca   
      
   Are we kidding here?  The bus driver didn't beat the kid to a pulp.  He hauled   
   him into the bus and held him for police.   
   Give our bus drivers a bloody break already!   
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   Postmedia News | November 27, 2014   
      
      
   B.C. bus driver charged with assault after detaining man who smashed glass   
   doors with skateboard   
      
   A Burnaby bus driver was charged with assault after confronting a skateboarder   
   who smashed the glass panels of the front of his bus.   
      
      
   Charges have been laid against a bus driver after he became involved in a spat   
   with a skateboarder who missed his bus in Burnaby.   
      
   The Coast Mountain Bus Company driver was pulling a loaded bus away from a stop   
   in the 9700-block Lougheed Highway at around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday when a man ran   
   up to the bus and tried to get it to stop, said Nathan Woods, president of   
   Unifor local 111, which represents Metro Vancouver transit operators.   
      
   When the driver refused to open the doors — as per company policy for moving   
   buses — the man banged his skateboard against the front doors of the bus,   
   breaking both glass panels.   
      
   They grappled at a bit as he tried to get ahold of the suspect.  Eventually he   
   got the suspect onto the bus and he called for assistance   
      
   “The young man was yelling profanities at the transit operator, so the   
   transit   
   operator, recognizing that there was some damage to the coach, got off the   
   coach to detain the suspect,” Woods said.   
      
   “They grappled at a bit as he tried to get ahold of the suspect. Eventually   
   he   
   got the suspect onto the bus and he called for assistance through our   
   communications department.”   
      
   Police had already been called and based on initial calls from witnesses, the   
   bus driver was charged with assault, Woods said.   
      
   The driver was released on a promise to appear in court and is on   
   administrative leave while police and Coast Mountain Bus Company investigate,   
   while the skateboarder is under investigation for mischief, Woods said.   
      
   “It wasn’t anything more, from our perspective, than a transit operator   
   trying   
   to protect the better interest of the bus, the passengers, and feeling that he   
   was doing the right thing in trying to detain the person for the police.”   
      
   Staff Sgt. Major John Buis of the Burnaby RCMP confirmed that an incident had   
   occurred at 7:13 a.m. Nov. 25 in the 9700-block Lougheed Highway, but could not   
   reveal many details.   
      
   “I can confirm that we’re investigating a complaint of assault and a   
   complaint   
   of mischief.  We received a call from a bus driver and we are still in the   
   early stages of the investigation. There was a transit bus involved.”   
      
   TransLink spokeswoman Anne Drennan said the company is investigating the   
   mischief while Burnaby RCMP handle the case.   
      
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