Company claims bus door wasn’t meant to open automatically
Photo by Daniel Jackovino The right-hand turn from Sanford Avenue onto Mt. Vernon Place in Newark, going west, was where a fatally injured passenger was found lying on the street near the tree, at right. According to Assistant Essex County Prosecutor Adam Wells at bus driver Fayola Howard’s arraignment on March 2, Kevin Thomas ran alongside the bus yelling for it to stop while Howard yelled at him to remove his hand. He was dragged beneath the vehicle and died from his injuries on Jan. 6.
