PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Bucks County bus company is under investigation after two people were killed in recent crashes.
Blair Vanicore, 69, faces charges related to felony hit-and-run in connection with the Aug. 12 death of 83-year-old Ronald Davenport.
Davenport was in the parking lot of Grundy Hall senior housing in Doylestown when officials say he was hit by a Bucks County Transport bus driven by Vanacore, and dragged about 35 feet.
Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan said Vanacore was dishonest with emergency dispatchers about what happened.
“Rather than telling the 911 dispatcher that ‘I just struck somebody with my car and you better get over here because that’s what occurred here,’ he said to the dispatcher that somebody had fallen in the parking lot,” he said.
“The reason he left rather than stay on the scene is because he believed he would get in trouble with the company if he did not return the bus to the depot by 10 o’clock that evening.”
Davenport was pronounced dead at the hospital.
In a separate incident on Monday, Nov. 2, retired Central Bucks High School West teacher Katherine Semisch died after being struck by a Bucks County Transport bus. That remains under investigation.
Khan said time will determine whether or not criminal charges will be filed.
