PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) - TriMet officials are looking into an incident
where a bus driver went around construction barriers at SW 20th and
Jefferson Street Friday morning.
Photos taken by a witness, Mike, and given to KOIN 6 News through Report It show the number 58 bus delaying traffic during a maneuver.
Mike, in a Report It email
to KOIN 6 News, said the driver was trying to go to Highway 26 but then
"spent 5 minutes attempting to back into a parking lot multiple times,
while blocking traffic exiting 26, to return back eastbound."
In a statement, TriMet officials said buses are allowed through a construction zone when other vehicles are not.
"When the operator realized the bus could not proceed, a TriMet rail
supervisor as well as a TriMet road supervisor responded and assisted."
TriMet apologized to the riders.
KOIN 6 News will have more information later in the day.
Turning bus went around ODOT barriers
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