Security officer injured in bus accident www.privateofficer.com
Posted by privateofficernews on October 21, 2009
The crash happened Saturday on Central Avenue at the I-25 overpass. Surveillance video on the bus first broadcast on Eyewitness News 4 has now been seen around the country. It shows passengers and security guard Christian Moore being tossed around inside the bus at the moment of impact.
Luckily, no one was seriously injured.
On Sunday, Moore was back to work providing security on city buses and talked about the experience.
“I was by the back doors standing and I just felt the first impact and I kind of braced myself to hold on,” said Moore. “The second impact came that I felt and I just kind of flew forward.”
It’s the nature of Moore’s job to protect passengers on city buses, but Saturday’s crash was something he wasn’t expecting during his shift.
“Just bracing for impact, knowing that we were going to hit it,” he said.
Police say a car turned left in front of the bus headed westbound on Central Avenue. It was too late for the bus’ driver, Albert Sandoval, to stop the 30 ton vehicle in time.
“I was hoping it would stop. I was pressing the brake and it just kept going like in slow motion,” said Sandoval.
The bus slammed into the car and kept going until the whole mess smashed into the interstate overpass.
“When I felt the first impact I was kind of just waiting to stop and when I was looking out the windshield and realizing we weren’t going to stop, the pillar [of the overpass] was coming closer and closer, and that’s when I held on tighter and tighter, getting ready for it,” said Moore.
Remarkably, most of the injuries were minor.
“Sore. I’m a little sore,” said Moore. “My wrist hurts a little bit and I think that’s just from gripping the bar and the being forced to let go, and then my back [hurts] from landing on my back.”
A man near Moore was thrown into a pole on the bus during the crash.
“He right away started letting me know that his jaw was hurting,” said Moore. “I didn’t know what happened. I thought maybe I accidentally kicked him when I was flying.”
Moore says he’s thankful no one was badly hurt, including the driver of the car.
“[The car was] pretty mangled. To tell you the truth, I was really surprised to hear him talking to us. When he told us his name it was kind of like, ‘Oh, thank you,’” said Moore.
Police say the driver of the car was at fault for running a light. He was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries. It took rescue crews two hours to pull him out of the wreck.
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