SEPTA is getting an assist from Philly’s district attorney as they try to crack down on riders making false injury claims.
Transit officials and the district attorney's office are warning public transit riders against making fraudulent injury claims.
SEPTA general manager Joseph Casey and District Attorney Seth Williams say bus surveillance videos have thwarted several meritless claims. Some cases led to criminal prosecutions.
Officials showed one video that they say shows a claimant boarding a SEPTA bus after it was struck by another vehicle and then feigning injury.
Casey and Williams said Thursday that local TV stations will begin airing two public service ads featuring actual video of faked injuries.
SEPTA has seen injury payouts jump by more than 10 percent over the last two years, to more than $40 million, Casey said.
About 45 percent of buses and all city subway cars have security cameras.
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