‘It was meth. No doubt,’ says man who recorded Texas bus driver lighting a glass pipe
Just after 4 p.m. Tuesday, Pedro King glanced to his left as he traveled along U.S. 79 in Round Rock, Texas.
When he saw the driver in the senior services bus lighting a glass pipe, he pulled out his phone to record.
“I was pissed, so I called the Round Rock police and the company afterward,” King told McClatchy.
Now that driver, who has not been identified, has been fired, according to KVUE, and Round Rock police are investigating the incident.
No charges had been filed as of Thursday afternoon. The driver was fired Wednesday morning, according to KEYE.
The bus, which King said was empty while he filmed, is owned by AGE of Central Texas Adult Day Care. Rob Faubion, the company’s marketing and communications director, told the station that “the video does seem to show an alleged illegal activity and, based on that, we immediately contacted the Round Rock Police Department so they can continue the investigation.
“The employee in the video did not admit to or deny any wrongdoing, but during the course of the conversation with their supervisor, it became apparent there was due cause to fire them ... even without an admission of guilt.”
The company picks senior adults up who can’t stay at home by themselves up in the mornings so they can spend the day at adult health care facilities. Then drivers, such as the one King caught on candid smartphone camera, take them home again later in the day.
King posted his video to Facebook about 20 minutes after he filmed the driver lighting the pipe and speeding away after looking in King’s direction.
“It was meth. No doubt,” King said. “He actually took two good hits, but I only caught the second attempted hit.”
His video had been viewed more than 466,000 times on Facebook as of Thursday afternoon and had been shared more than 14,000 times.
This story was originally published March 1, 2018 at 3:40 PM with the headline "‘It was meth. No doubt,’ says man who recorded Texas bus driver lighting a glass pipe."