Freak Accident with Bus Kills City Worker

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The likelihood of this happening is very slim.

But one man who worked as a traffic engineer was in a bucket working on a traffic light. The driver of a Jacksonville Transportation Authority bus either didn't see the flag man or ignored him and struck the truck knocking the man 52-year old Cesar Solomon out of the bucket to fall to his death.

Police report that the work crew appeared to be doing everything by the book and following proper safety procedures.

Ron Thigpen who worked with Solomon told Channel 4:

"There're people flying by us all the time. Not just with those guys, but with any construction people on the side of the road. People are flying, and we put up with it all the time," Thigpen said.

So far no one has decided that's what happened here, but you can bet that an investigation will try to determine just who was at fault.

Meanwhile the driver of the bus has been taken off duty and will undergo a drug test.