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OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS BEFORE
YOU TAKE OUT YOUR PHONE.
AND IF YOU CAN -- WAIT
UNTIL YOU'RE IN A SAFE PLACE
TO USE IT.
NEW TONIGHT AT 8--
PEOPLE JUMPING OFF MOVING
MUNI BUSES.
IT MIGHT SOUND CRAZY, BUT
SAN FRANCISCO POLICE SAY IT
HAS BECOME A PROBLEM.
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A
DOZEN CASES IN THE PAST WEEK
AND A HALF ALONE.
KRON 4'S J.R. STONE IS JOINS
US WITH NEW DETAILS.
>>J.R.: THIS IS YOUTUBE
VIDEO SHOWING TEENAGERS
JUMPING OFF A PUBLIC BUS.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN SHOT YEARS
AGO BUT IT'S A PROBLEM THAT
IS NOW FRONT AND CENTER IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
THE CASES INVOLVE MUNI
RIDERS EXITING BUSES WHILE
THEY ARE STILL MOVING. 10
OF THE 15 INSTANCES HAVE
HAPPENED ON THE 14L. A BUS
WITH LIMITED STOPS
TRAVELING FROM THE DALY CITY
TO THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT.
THE CASES INVOLVE
PASSENGERS JUMPING OFF THE
BUS AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 3
MILES PER HOUR TO 25 MILES
PER HOUR.
OFFICERS HAVE NOT RELEASED
MUNI SURVEILLANCE BUT SAY
THEY ARE NOW LOOKING
THROUGH THAT VIDEO TO SEE IF
ONE PERSON OR MULTIPLE
PEOPLE ARE TO BLAME. THEY
SAY THAT WHOEVER IS DOING
THIS IS USING A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO OPEN
THE BACK DOORS DURING THE
RIDE.
>>M
NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT DOING
THIS CITY OFFICIALS SAY
JUST ONE BUS WAS DAMAGED
DURING THESE CASES. BUT EACH
TIME THIS HAPPENS THE BUS
IS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND
INSPECTED. BASICALLY MORE
CITY DOLLARS GOING TOWARDS
THESE BUSES. REPORTING IN
SAN FRANCISCO, J.R. STONE
KRON 4 NEWS.
>>GRANT:JR MENTIONED 10 OF
THE 15 RENCET BUS JUMPING
INCIDENTS HAPPENED ON THE