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07-19-2006, 05:26 AM
Jose Martinez Held A Personal Demolition Derby After Learning He Was Suspended From The MTA
(AP) LOS ANGELES A Metropolitan Transit Authority radio mechanic didn't take it too well when his supervisors at a bus yard near downtown Los Angeles told him he was being suspended.
Authorities say Jose Martinez hopped in a 40-foot-bus after he got the news, backed it up into another bus, then drove forward into a yet another bus.
After that, he boarded a second bus and drove to an employee parking lot, where he smashed into cars before sandwiching the bus he was driving between a parked car and another parked bus.
Two MTA employees escorted the 47-year-old out of the bus. He was later arrested and is being held on suspicion of felony vandalism and taking a vehicle without the owner's permission.
An MTA spokesman says no one was injured, but that the incident left four buses and 13 cars with a total of $100,000 in damages.
MTA officials won't say why Martinez had been suspended in the first place, citing employee privacy.
http://cbs2.com/watercooler/local_story_195083109.html
(AP) LOS ANGELES A Metropolitan Transit Authority radio mechanic didn't take it too well when his supervisors at a bus yard near downtown Los Angeles told him he was being suspended.
Authorities say Jose Martinez hopped in a 40-foot-bus after he got the news, backed it up into another bus, then drove forward into a yet another bus.
After that, he boarded a second bus and drove to an employee parking lot, where he smashed into cars before sandwiching the bus he was driving between a parked car and another parked bus.
Two MTA employees escorted the 47-year-old out of the bus. He was later arrested and is being held on suspicion of felony vandalism and taking a vehicle without the owner's permission.
An MTA spokesman says no one was injured, but that the incident left four buses and 13 cars with a total of $100,000 in damages.
MTA officials won't say why Martinez had been suspended in the first place, citing employee privacy.
http://cbs2.com/watercooler/local_story_195083109.html