Moore was crushed underneath the Route 20 bus near the Elmwood Avenue and Broad Street intersection at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Witnesses told NBC 10 that Moore was chasing the bus and banged on the window to get it to stop. But RIPTA said surveillance video from the bus tells a different story.
"The doors close. The bus very slowly begins to pull away from the curb, and then you see a person falling or stumbling, hit the side of the bus, and then land beneath the rear wheels of the bus," RIPTA spokeswoman Barbara Polichetti said.
Polichetti said an outdoor shot shows Moore chasing the bus and tripping. It's then when she falls against the bus and winds up underneath.
"The driver must have heard something. We're appreciative of the fact that the driver stopped because it appears that he saved her from further injury," Polichetti said.
[ Radical Ron : Does this make any sense ? The poor woman nearly crushed to death under the RIPTA bus should THANK the driver for finally stopping? How nice of him ! Can the public view this RIPTA surveillance film ? Is THAT what it really says, Barbara ? ]
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