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T bus driver blocks in motorist suffering a seizure; prevents crash
By adamg on Tue, 08/11/2015 - 12:34pm
Transit Police credit a Route 230 driver with using his bus to prevent a crash after the driver of the SUV began swerving across the road in front of him on Quincy Avenue in Quincy around 11 a.m. on Friday.
The T bus (Route # 230) was in the inside northbound lane. The operator of the bus, Paul Healy, stated he was driving in this lane and was approaching the intersection of Quincy Ave with East Howard. As he was slowing down, he saw that the black Jeep’s driver appeared to be "slumping over", and losing control of her car. Healy, fearing she would hit someone or something, maneuvered his bus in such a way that the Jeep would come to a stop, and not be able to move.
After the Jeep came to a stop, Healy notified his dispatcher, who called for an ambulance. Brewster Ambulance P-27 arrived, and believed that Ms. ______ had suffered a seizure, and then passed out. They transported her to the Steward Satellite Emergency Facility in Quincy, where she would received further medical care. ...
After the Jeep was towed, I went to the Steward Satellite Emergency Facility in Quincy to check on the condition of Ms. _______ who told me that she had suffered a seizure. She further stated she wanted to thank the T driver, for "saving her life".
Healy has been a T driver for 14 years.
Paul Healy has been an MBTA bus operator for 14 years.
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Comments
Wow!
Wow! That's quick thinking! Well done!
mbta driver
A round of applause for the driver!
Practice pays off?
Great job by the T driver recognizing the driver in distress and cutting them off, then attending to them. Sorry for the cynical observation, but, well, somebody was going to do it, and I know people are counting on me.
Great Work!
He didn't have to do anything but he did.
Great job by the driver! But,
Great job by the driver! But, since no good deed goes unpunished, how much do you want to bet he gets in some form of trouble for intentionally hitting another vehicle?
Given that the T itself sent out the news
I'm betting you'd lose that bet.
I'll never make another bet
From The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle - Wottsamata U
Considering the situation
The bus was probably going to get hit anyway. He simply chose the circumstances and conditions under which that collision occurred.
Didn't chock the wheels
when parking the bus. Ran over to the car first instead! Tsk, tsk!
Thank you Mr. Healy for demonstrating that
T workers are not all union thug boogeymen men stealing taxpayer monies as charged over and over by the Pioneer institute and Governor Baker.
As is often the case
Most Union members are hard working and responsible, just as much if not more so then the non-union population.
Every so often you have some jerk who the union represents and thus makes everyone else look bad by association. When I was in union jobs I always wished we had the ability to vote out fellow members who were lazy, incompetent, and/or belligerent. Sadly, these people tended to be the most protected.
Not only potentially saved her life, but
The lives of others were also potentially saved by this heroic act.
With Beverly Scott gone, it's great to see T improve
Great work by the bus driver. With Beverly "Career Counseling" Scott and Richard "I donated my car to charity" Davey gone, it's great to see the progress under Governor Baker. Finally some heaters being installed along the third rail also, which should prevent a repeat of last year's fiasco. One can only look forward to air-travel now that Obama has given Bev a high six-figure job at NTSB. Ha!
Correlation is not causation
But, hey, reactionaries are by definition wedded to short term sequalae.
*explode*
*explode*
I'm sure that the MBTA's
I'm sure that the MBTA's recent change in leadership was on this bus driver's mind the moment he made this decision. Uh ...huh.
Good for this driver for helping this woman...
Now if he could only learn to be a decent person the rest of the time. He is the most consistently rude driver I have ever encountered on the T in 30+ years of riding.
I've seen him harass any number of fellow passengers, often those who are Asian. I personally faced harassment from him on a few occasions, with him once mocking my disability.
And he even once yelled at my son for blaring music on his headphones - except my then-ten-year old with autism was wearing noise cancelling headphones that are not even capable of playing music.
Only driver I have ever complained to the MBTA about. Not that it did any good.
On a side note, a small correction - that is not route 230, its 225 (based on the description and the image that shows the former shipyard now car dealership.
225 would definitely make more sense
I did find myself wondering, "Since when does the 230 go down Quincy Ave.?"