CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A pole impaled a bus at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The driver said it violently swung through the passenger side window, Channel 2’s Courtney Francisco learned.
A single hanging chain is left behind Thursday that used to be connected to the pole that warned drivers of a height requirement.
That’s what the bus driver hit on the lower level of the South Terminal drop-off.
No one was on board except the driver, and he is OK.
According to the police report, he said his sunglasses made it hard to see in the darker underpass area, and he did not see the height requirement sign warning him that nothing over nine feet can pass.
A bus like this is at least 11 feet high, according to the manufacturer.
Passengers passing through said something should change.
“It could definitely have killed someone, actually. Somebody could be sued right now,” said traveler Kaitlyn Brock.
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