A city bus driver knowingly separated a scared 8-year-old boy from his grandmother, deposited him at a busy intersection away from a bus stop, and drove away, leaving the child to get hit by a car crossing the street to reach the grandmother, a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has alleged.
The suit, brought by the mother of Jervir Maycock, was filed in Brooklyn State Supreme Court after the child was severely injured in the crash. It named the Metropolitan Transportation Authority; the driver of the car, Akeshia Joseph; and the Bus Operator—who was listed as John Doe because the family has never learned his name.
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