GREENFIELD – A bus driver accused of trying to run over a man and his two children after they exited the vehicle was ordered held without bail after a dangerousness hearing Wednesday.
Steven Connell, 38, of Gill, was arrested on June 4 accused of trying to run over the three passengers on Main Street. During the incident he rammed the Franklin County Regional Transit into a building, said Mary Carey, spokeswoman for Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan.
Connell, who has been in jail since his June 4 arrest, will continue to be held at the Franklin County House of Correction until Aug. 7, she said.
After the man, who is Black, and his two children exited the bus and began walking down the sidewalk the bus lurched forward, veered off the road and across the sidewalk, narrowly missing the three and another person on the sidewalk, according to Greenfield Police.
Witnesses told police Connell ran after the three, grabbing the male and attacking him until a firefighter intervened. Under questioning, Connell said he saw one of the juveniles make a hand gesture that he thought meant the three had a firearm, police said.
Connell is being charged with three counts of assault with intent to murder while armed, four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, a civil rights violation, assault on ambulance personnel, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and marked lanes violation, Carey said.
After his arrest Connell allegedly kicked a hospital employee when he was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, police said.
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