Bus driver fired after taped texting behind wheel

A bus driver has been fired after a passenger videotaped him texting on the New Jersey Turnpike while driving between Philadelphia and New York City.

The video shows the driver’s hands on the phone, which rests on the center of the steering wheel.

Passenger Delvan Bradford started taping in the New Brunswick area. He tells WCAU-TV in Philadelphia they could have been killed or injured on the trip to Chinatown on Saturday.

Yep Tours owner Jeremy Walker says the company has zero tolerance for drivers using cellphones and he fired the driver.

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The driver’s name was not released.

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