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Students react to ECU bus accident
Elise Phillips, Assistant Pulse Editor
Issue date: 3/31/09 Section: News
A 26-year-old ECU student, known as "T.J." by his fellow bus drivers, was driving the bus when the bicyclist was struck. Stall says he called T.J. after Thursday's accident and said that he seemed fine, but Stall has not talked with the driver since then.
"He's doing pretty good," Stall said. "I told him not to worry about it; it was an accident."
The Daily Reflector reported on Friday that the driver will be undergoing a mandatory drug test and will be debriefed by school officials. He will be suspended from driving a university bus pending the outcome of the drug test.
The ECU Student Transit Authority was unable to comment about Thursday's accident.
In order to work for the ECU Student Transit Authority, students must maintain a 2.0 GPA, submit to a mandatory alcohol and drug test, have a clean university judicial record and good driving record, have a valid North Carolina driver's license, be able to work at least 18 hours a week and be able to work in a "diverse, fast paced environment," according to their Web site.
This writer can be contacted at editor@theeastcarolinian.com.
"He's doing pretty good," Stall said. "I told him not to worry about it; it was an accident."
The Daily Reflector reported on Friday that the driver will be undergoing a mandatory drug test and will be debriefed by school officials. He will be suspended from driving a university bus pending the outcome of the drug test.
The ECU Student Transit Authority was unable to comment about Thursday's accident.
In order to work for the ECU Student Transit Authority, students must maintain a 2.0 GPA, submit to a mandatory alcohol and drug test, have a clean university judicial record and good driving record, have a valid North Carolina driver's license, be able to work at least 18 hours a week and be able to work in a "diverse, fast paced environment," according to their Web site.
This writer can be contacted at editor@theeastcarolinian.com.
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Dean
posted 3/30/09 @ 10:09 PM EST
I was with ECUSTA from 1995 - 2000. While I started out as a driver, I was the Logistics manager, the Operations manager, and eventually the Genreal manager. (Continued…)
Me
posted 3/30/09 @ 11:42 PM EST
"I'm a little apprehensive [about riding the ECU bus system] because this is the second thing that's happened," said Kyndall Peele, a junior journalism major. (Continued…)
O
posted 3/31/09 @ 10:10 AM EST
My roommate is an ECU bus driver, and he told me if he was driving that bus and it was me walking, well lets just say it wouldn't have been pretty.
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