CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - Transit police announced Thursday that they have identified a man accused of “terrorizing” an MBTA bus driver last week.
In a video shared by the department, the barefoot, 23-year-old suspect can be seen approaching the moving bus near the intersection of Mount Auburn street and Coolidge Road in Cambridge then trying to pull on the front of the vehicle.
Moments later, he is seen pulling his blue sedan into the bus’s path. He gets out and and tries to force then bus’s doors open.
Transit police said the man’s actions placed other drivers at risk as well.
The said they do not know why the man acted the way he did but that he is now facing a slew of charges including operating to endanger, assault on an MBTA employee and interfering with the operation of a bus.
No one was injured.
Police said they are waiting until the man appears before a judge to formally identify him.
No further information was released.
Transit Police have identified this coward who terrorized and attempted to assault an #MBTA bus operator on 8/28 in Cambridge. He also placed other drivers at risk by his actions. T employees provide an invaluable service and never deserve this conduct. pic.twitter.com/cy8ErHYV5Y
— MBTA Transit Police (@MBTATransitPD) September 3, 2020
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