Plainwell bus driver fired for crossing in front of train

PLAINWELL, Mich. (WOOD) — A longtime bus driver for Plainwell Community Schools is off the job, days after pictures surfaced of his bus, loaded with students, crossing in front of an oncoming train.

Plainwell Superintendent Matt Montange tells 24 Hour News 8 the district fired the unnamed driver Wednesday.

Train enthusiast Herb Theodore said he stopped to capture photos of an oncoming train on Thursday, Jan. 11 when he witnessed the bus driver stop, open his door, look both ways with his “flashers” engaged, then take off across the tracks.

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