Bus Driver in Dramatic Bridge Plunge Says it 'Just Took Off'
Bus Driver in Dramatic Bridge Plunge Says it ‘Just Took Off’ By Jim Mustian | January 19, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — The driver of a New York City bus that plunged off a bridge blamed the dramatic crash on mechanical failure, saying Saturday that the tandem vehicle “just took off” as he slowed into a turn. Everton Beccan, 55, disputed the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s assertion a day earlier that he had refused to submit to a drug and alcohol test at the hospital. “There’s no reason for me to refuse a drug test,” Beccan, who broke his ...