SAN BERNARDINO: Passenger accused of crashing Greyhound bus is identified
SAN BERNARDINO: Passenger accused of crashing Greyhound bus is identified
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A Greyhound bus with about 21 passengers inside crashed through a fence Saturday, July 4, on the westbound side of Interstate 10 west of Waterman Avenue.
ALEX GROVES, STAFF
Authorities have identified the Greyhound bus passenger they arrested Saturday, July 4, after they say he grabbed the steering wheel and� caused a crash� on Interstate 10 in San Bernardino.
Jose Alberto Macias Rodriguez, 43, was booked into the West Valley Detention Center on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a bus driver and fleeing the scene of a crash, jail logs show. Bail was set at $75,000.
The bus was headed west near South Waterman Avenue about 3 p.m. when Rodriguez got out of his seat, took the wheel and turned the bus to the right, witnesses told the California Highway Patrol.
The bus hit a chain link fence and barreled into a ravine, injuring five passengers, CHP officials said.
Rodriguez then squeezed through a broken window and ran into a nearby parking lot before collapsing. He was arrested a short time later at the location, jail logs show.
Paramedics took Rodriguez and the other injured passengers to hospitals.
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