MBTA investigating after video shows bus driver blow through red light

BOSTON (WHDH) - The MBTA is investigating after one of its drivers was caught on video blowing through a red light in Boston on Thursday.

Kyle Vining shared video on Twitter that showed the bus at an intersection at Ukraine Way near Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain around 6:40 p.m.

“It was very fast and hazardous and reckless,” Vining said. “I was trying to take a left onto Ukraine Way. At a very fast speed, I could kind of hear it, something coming up behind me, (but I didn’t know which lane. It blew past me.”

Vining, a Harvard student who was on the way home from work, says it appeared the bus was speeding, which didn’t give the driver time to stop at the red light. He sent the video to the MBTA.

Transit authority spokesman Joe Pesaturo said in a statement that management has identified the bus driver in the video and that the incident is being “thoroughly investigated.”

“All MBTA bus operators are trained to be fully prepared with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely operate a bus at all times,” Pesaturo said. “If anyone observes activity that is contrary to safe driving standards, the MBTA encourages the public to report it.”

All bus drivers are said to undergo extensive training before hitting the streets. Drivers who are found to have violated safe driving procedures are subject to disciplinary measures.

The video was captured just hours after a 60-year-old East Boston woman was struck and killed by an MBTA bus in Chelsea.

“That’s why I posted the video. I get upset when people die on our streets, so I think it is a big problem. We need to do more in our city to make sure everyone is safe on the roads.”

No additional information was immediately available.

An investigation is ongoing.

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