#public-transit-safety

#public-transit-safety

Today I would like to address the tragedy that has not received nearly enough media attention the brutal murder of Iryna Zarutska. Here are the facts that many outlets have shamefully and intentionally failed to report until President Trump drew attention to it: on August 22, Zarutska was stabbed to death on the rail system in Charlotte, North Carolina by a savage career criminal. This is a public transportation system that many in the area use every single day to go to school and work.

The accident occurred at 6:05 p.m. (local time) near Restauradores Square after a safety cable snapped, causing the vehicle to lose control and accelerate down the slope connecting the upper part of the city with the Baixa Pombalina district. The accident also affected a second cable car that was stopped at the beginning of the Gloria road with some passengers inside, and which was hit by the first.

Santa Clara County Sheriff's Deputies on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old man on assault charges after a vicious slashing attack on a Valley Transit Authority bus driver in South San Jose. Deputies reported that just after 7 a.m. on Aug. 20 at Blossom Hill Road and Hillview Avenue in San Jose, a VTA bus driver reported that he had been attacked after asking a rider to stop repeatedly pulling the stop-request cord.