Video shows close call between young family and Halifax Transit bus
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Tom Himmelman was walking with his four-year-old son and dog. He's now speaking out and hoping to advance training in the municipality for drivers in order to create safer roads.
A routine evening walk turned into a terrifying close call for a family that narrowly avoided being hit by a Halifax Transit bus at a crosswalk.
Tom Himmelman was able to obtain video from the bus, which show just how narrowly the vehicle missed hitting him, his four-year-old son, and their dog.
He’s now speaking out and hoping to advance training in the municipality for drivers in order to create safer roads.
Himmelman said he was at the crosswalk on Novalea Drive last November at around 6 p.m. and recalls pushing the button to activate the lights to signal they were crossing.
The video, which he provided to Global News, shows the crosswalk lights are flashing.
“We started to cross, and we noticed the bus continued to accelerate. I thought, ‘That’s crazy, they must see us.’ We kind of hesitated a bit, and then we kept on going,” he said.
“Three-quarters of the way across the crosswalk, it became clear that the bus was not going to stop. I had to grab my son, pull the dog, and we ran, and just got out of the way of the bus.”
He says the bus honked but didn’t stop.
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