Preparations were underway Tuesday for a lawsuit against the Riverside Transit Agency over the death of a 28-year-old man who was fatally injured while apparently attempting to board an RTA bus as it pulled away from a stop at a Riverside intersection.
“Bus operators handle thousands of passengers a day. With that responsibility comes a duty to operate those buses safely and mindful of pedestrians trying to get on board,” plaintiffs attorney Carl Douglas told City News Service Tuesday. “Drivers understand human behavior. They’re trained professionals and should anticipate the behavior of potential passengers. We think the driver in this instance failed in that regard.”
Douglas is representing the family of Chibeza Dudley Nyirenda, who died in November after he suffered “crush damage that caused his death” while attempting to board an RTA bus at the intersection of MLK Boulevard and Chicago Avenue, blocks away from the UC Riverside campus, the attorney said…