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Peter Pan bus driver charged with locking passenger in luggage compartment on trip to Boston

WBZ reports the passenger called 911 from inside the luggage compartment. The driver was arrested.


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That's a way to take them to Neverland...

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Both the driver and the trapped passenger are women.

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considering the description above contains no reference to person's sex. I used the wrong pronoun. Sheesh.

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That's a hanging offense in academia!

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But do hang on to your cherished beliefs.

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Link to article?

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Link is now in the original post.

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It's only because the overhead compartments were full.

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And to also be fair, the passenger kind of has the physique of a roll-aboard suitcase.

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so is this a discount fare or an abduction?

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(i know, i know)

but...c'mon this is some funny stuff

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at least it beats what you go thru at the airport.

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The folks at Spirit Airlines are already taking notes on this case

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Peter Pan has become a second tier bus operator ever since Greyhound booted them for poor performance.

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I can't tell from this story, but is there any evidence that the driver did this intentionally? If it was an accident, the driver should be fired or supended for not properly checking the bin before shutting the door. But arrested? Seems excessive unless there is evidence she knew what she was doing.

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Otherwise known as the "I didn't see her" defense so beloved by reckless drivers across the Commonwealth.

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She told police “she had been purposely locked inside by a female driver while attempting to retrieve items from her bag. The female driver was still on the bus as a passenger,” Connecticut State Police said in a press release.

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I was on this 1:00 p.m. Peter Pan bus from Port Authority to Boston -- and while it appeared to be unintentional, you're absolutely right that the driver should be suspended/fired for not properly checking the bin before shutting the door.

The young woman asked the bus driver to retrieve something from under the bus while we were stopped in Hartford for a driver change. The driver happily complied, however when the other driver took over, the female operator was in the restroom on the bus. So while it's possible the other driver had no idea to look for the young woman who went to grab something under the bus-- the initial operator who was arrested should've checked to ensure the woman returned....

The young-woman was seated next to another passenger and made conversation with at least one other person. All within her vicinity, including myself, knew that she was missing, but we thought she had just gotten off because when she exited the coach -- she took all of her belongings. Not to mention, the driver who was arrested made a l o n g speech about not getting off the bus during the driver change..... there were a lot of people recording, so I'm certain more details will come out. ..

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Switching drivers, people in restrooms, people getting locked in luggage compartments...sounds like one of those comedy of errors plots on a sitcom. "I Love Lucy" did it at least half a dozen times.

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"All within her vicinity, including myself, knew that she was missing, but we thought..."

Sheesh, can't you speak up if you see something amiss?

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We can see you are thinking about how you could have been the white knight, but those aren’t circumstances that get investigated.

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Why did regulators beat up on Fung Wah but somehow MegaSUCK and FlyingFairyways are still in business untroubled by any crackdown when they have actually hurt people?

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New York senator working for driver unions.

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c.d.l.'s

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Cyr whenever available

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Ok, but don't they only run north of Bangor? Where no other bus companies operate?

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