Detroit bus driver dies of Covid-19 weeks after complaining of passenger's cough.
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Heartbreaking. Jason Hargrove was behind the wheel of a bus in Detroit when he said a passenger began to cough. The woman let loose four or five times without covering her mouth. Nearly two weeks after he recorded a video of his concerns, he has died. https://t.co/NLmCryjNo6
DETROIT (FOX 2)–A Detroit bus driver who went live on Facebook two weeks ago to complain about a coughing bus rider has died of Covid-19.
Jason Hargrove went live on Facebookabout two weeks ago to complain about a woman who was on his bus, coughing repeatedly without covering her mouth. Four days later, his union says he was quarantined and then on April 1 he passed away.
(Producer’s note: his video contains foul language)
“I’m trying to be the professional, they want me to be and I kept my mouth closed, but it’s at some point in time where you got to draw the line and say enough is enough. I feel violated; I feel violated for the folks that were on the bus when this happened. There was about eight or nine people on the bus that stood there as she coughed and never covered up her mouth,” Hargrove saidin his video.
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