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Oklahoma City resident tells COPTA Embark refused to produce correct bus video after March injury; requests staff review
Summary
Dawn Washington told the Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority she was injured on an Embark bus March 11, says she later needed a hip replacement and that Embark has provided an incorrect video. Board members asked staff to investigate.
Dawn Washington, a resident who recently moved to Oklahoma City, told the Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority during its Aug. 1 trustee meeting that she was injured while boarding an Embark bus on March 11 and that Embark has refused to produce the correct video of the incident.
Washington said she moved to Oklahoma City Jan. 1 to seek an orthopedic specialist and had been riding local buses to visit family. She said that on March 11, while using a walker and attempting to take a seat on Route 10, the bus “took off” prematurely and threw her into…
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