What to Know
- Authorities have charged a Port Authority bus driver with involuntary manslaughter months after she struck and killed a University of Pittsburgh student from the Philadelphia suburbs.
- Shavonne James was behind the wheel on Jan. 18 when she turned and hit 20-year-old Barbara Como of Chester Springs.
- Pittsburgh police on Wednesday also charged the 33-year-old James with reckless driving, failure to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks and operating an improperly equipped vehicle.
Authorities have charged a Port Authority bus driver with involuntary manslaughter months after she struck and killed a University of Pittsburgh student.
Police on Wednesday also charged 33-year-old Shavonne James with reckless driving, failure to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks and operating an improperly equipped vehicle. It could not be determined if James has a lawyer.
James was behind the wheel of the bus on Jan. 18 when she turned and hit 20-year-old Barbara Como of Chester Springs, Chester County, authorities said. She was taken to UPMC Presbyterian, where she was pronounced dead.
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The college senior studied anthropology and psychology, according to school officials, and she was on track to graduate this year. Como had aspired to be a research psychologist, school officials said.
The incident was caught on surveillance video.
