Austin bus driver suspended for using cell phone to call 911

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Adawna DeVine, 47, felt a sink in her stomach as she drove her bus to the stop near Republic Square. She recognized one of the people waiting to get on. A man holding onto a walker with his dog’s leash wrapped around his hand.

In the weeks before, Devine reported the same passenger three times to her supervisors at Capital Metro. In each report, she detailed how the man would allegedly threaten her when he got on the bus.

“I kept begging for help and for someone to do something about this because it’s going to keep happening without intervention,” said DeVine. “It was bigger than I could deal with.”
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