What began as a routine graduation trip nearly ended in disaster when a bus carrying 47 children and three adults from Rhode Island to Bais Rivka Rochel on River Avenue in Lakewood became the scene of a reckless and terrifying ordeal.
Authorities confirmed the arrest of Xiao Lei Lei Tian, 41, of Philadelphia, PA, who was charged early Wednesday morning with 47 counts of child endangerment and multiple motor vehicle violations following a harrowing high-speed incident on the Garden State Parkway.
According to police, Tian—behind the wheel of a commercial passenger bus—was seen driving erratically at high speeds, swerving between lanes, and using a cell phone while operating the vehicle. In a shocking detail that has since stunned parents and school officials, witnesses say Tian at one point stood up and stepped into the aisle of the moving bus, leaving the steering wheel entirely unattended.
Miraculously, no injuries were reported despite the driver’s complete disregard for the safety of his young passengers.
The bus finally came to a halt near the intersection of Cedar Bridge Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue in Lakewood—reportedly because it ran out of gas. An officer who came across the disabled vehicle was informed by occupants of what had transpired, leading to Tian’s immediate arrest.
An investigation remains ongoing.
That’s what happens when schools charge insane tuitions and cheap out by engaging no-frills bus companies to save a buck.
Plenty of frum bus companies out there.
Creep for brainlessly blaming the school. Maybe it’s your fault!
No excuse for this. Use heimishe yungeleit as bus drivers. Accidents can happen, Hashem needs to watch us, but there is no reason to take a cholera to drive yiddishe kinder. Not in the environment we live in these days. Unfortunately goyim are being hailed as heroes for doing harm to Jews.
“In a shocking detail that has since stunned parents and school officials, witnesses say Tian at one point stood up and stepped into the aisle of the moving bus, leaving the steering wheel entirely unattended.”
I’m sorry but I do not believe this for a single second. There is no way, absolutely positively no way, that the bus would have stayed on the road if he did this.. I have no doubt someone is exaggerating. There’s more to the story than this!
I’m not saying the guy wasn’t an idiot. That for sure he was it seems. But this part, I highly doubt.
What were the 3 adults thinking by not calling police?!?
Ever heard of God?