Man killed in freak accident when NYC bus knocks over street pole kplctv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kplctv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
March 11, 2021
The MTA has backed off on plans for the mid-stream elimination of an apprenticeship program that trains recent high school graduates for skilled positions at the transit agency.
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THE CITY reported last month that the MTA was considering ending the program, which one Transport Workers Union Local 100 official likened to a jetpack straight into the middle class.
The new move will allow 18 apprentices who were recruited into the three-year program from city public high schools to complete their training instead of losing their jobs or being offered positions as cleaners.
Subscribe I m relieved, honestly, said Sandra Diaz, 19, an apprentice who maintains heating, ventilation and air conditioning at the Fresh Pond bus depot in Queens. I didn t want to be left without having any type of source of income, any source of learning or expanding my career.
6-year-old boy fatally struck by school bus in Brooklyn: police pix11.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pix11.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated: 25 Feb 2021, 0:44
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A YOUNG child was left dead after he was struck by a school bus as it pulled away from a stop on Wednesday morning.
A large yellow school bus picked up a nine-year-old boy in Brooklyn, New York City – before a second boy, six, stepped out and was hit by the bus as it drove away.
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Police say the boy was waiting for the bus with his nine-year-old brotherCredit: Peter Gerber
According to the NYPD s Collision Investigation Squad, shortly after the incident on Sunday at around 8.28am, an MTA driver called 911 after discovering the child’s motionless body on the street.