[MesaGrande]

During the morning of Wednesday, April 1, 2015, two women were fatally struck by a bus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The driver went into shock at the scene and needed medical care. According to an account from one witness that was quoted afterward, the vehicle first hit the younger victim. The same account said it then moved in reverse, apparently allowing the driver to check what had occurred, and hit the older victim. Because this version came from a single witness and was conveyed through machine translation, it remains a witness claim rather than established fact.

The initial report said the cause and circumstances of the collision had not been established. Neither victim has been named publicly, while any later outcome involving the driver is unknown. The notation 04/01/15 meant April 1, 2015, rather than January 4. Wednesday corresponds with April 1 but not January 4, and the account was published the following day.

[Karma]

Poor bus driver. The women must've seen and/or heard a bus coming!

[danielsan]

KOGOF - kill one, get one free!!

[vagabond]

^

[Jere]

poor bus driver.....

[The Krokodil]

Well someone Fucked up hard and I'm sure it was the bus drivers fault for not paying full attention to his surroundings. Unless those two females crossed infront of the bus right on his blind spot

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by The Krokodil ↗

Well someone Fucked up hard and I'm sure it was the bus drivers fault for not paying full attention to his surroundings. Unless those two females crossed infront of the bus right on his blind spot

A witness told the bus would have first hit the younger woman and then reversed gear to see what had happened and then hit the older woman. However, other versions have emerged, among them that the two women were run over while being the youngest dragged, getting stuck under the front right wheel of the bus.

the 45 yo bus driver who celebrated his b'day the day before the accident has nearly 20 years of service, is a quiet professional who never had an accident victim.

[kellyhound]

bit of aftermath

[Oswald2001]

Probably have to rebalance both those tires and realign the front end.

Shame.

[spudigitti]

Celebrating the day before ehhh