GREENFIELD — A 38-year-old bus driver from Gill was arrested Thursday after he allegedly tried to run over three people, at least one African American, by driving his bus off Main Street in Greenfield and ramming it into a building.
Greenfield police said Steven Connell, a driver for the Franklin Regional Transit Authority, was ordered held without the right to bail after he was arraigned in Greenfield District Court Friday. He is charged with a civil rights violation, three counts of assault with intent to murder while armed and four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, assault on ambulance personnel, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and a marked lanes violation.
According to police reports, the black man, who was traveling with two juveniles, exited Connell’s bus on Main Street near its intersection with Hope Street about 3:34 p.m. They began walking down the sidewalk when the bus lurched forward, veered off the road and across the sidewalk, crashing into a building and narrowly missing the three former passengers and another person on the sidewalk.
Witnesses told police Connell ran after the three, grabbing the male and attacking him until a firefighter pulled him off.
Under questioning, Connell said he saw one of the juveniles make a hand gesture that he thought meant the three had a firearm. He then tried to use the bus to hit them after they exited and then charged the male. Police said they found no firearms.
Connell was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, where he allegedly kicked a hospital employee, police said.
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