ROUTE OF ALL EVIL
Drunk passenger ploughs into rows of cars after stealing BUS for six-mile joyride when driver made a phone call
A DRUNK passenger left a trail of destruction after nicking a bus and going on a six-mile spin.
The boozed-up joyrider jumped behind the wheel when the driver briefly stopped and got off to take a call in , Buckinghamshire.
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Other passengers frantically fled the bus as he then embarked on a six-mile jaunt on Monday evening.
He crashed into rows of cars, and then into an Audi A3 with the 17-year-old driver inside.
The vehicle - which was stolen from a Tesco bus stop on Monday evening - was later found abandoned at a railway station six miles away.
A 43-year-old man was later arrested in connection with the drunken escapade.
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Car owner Travis O'Dell, 17, said his Audi A3 was written off after the drunken joyrider smashed into it.
The business apprentice said he was lucky to make it out of the crash alive.
He said: "If it had hit my driver's door I potentially wouldn't be here anymore.
"The whole car shook, it was a terrifying experience as it got thrown around."
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Travis was stationary while waiting to turn onto a roundabout on his way to meet pals when the bus hurtled towards him from the right.
The bus then appeared out of nowhere, careering towards him.
It rammed into the front of Travis' silver Audi at an estimated 40 miles per hour, totalling the vehicle.
The bus then swerved dangerously off Walton Park roundabout in Milton Keynes and onto a grass verge.
Travis recalled the bus "barely regained" control as it swerved back onto the dual carriageway and carried on its dangerous escapade without stopping to check on him.
He said: "Nobody wants to look to their right and see a full-on bus ploughing towards you at high speed, you’re helpless."
Thankfully he came away with just some backache but has lost the car he bought two weeks ago for £2,300.
He had started saving up for it eight months ago before he passed his driving test in October
The 43-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of aggravated vehicle taking, drunk driving and dangerous driving and taken into custody the same evening.
He has since been released on bail until April 16.
Thames Valley Police Roads Policing team posted on social media later that evening: "When people say 'when you've had a drink, take the bus', it isn't meant to be taken literally."
"This bus in Milton Keynes was stolen by a drunken passenger earlier on this evening and left a trail of devastation as it collided with numerous other vehicles before being stopped."
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"Thankfully nobody was injured during this incident and the other passengers managed to flee the bus as it was being stolen.
"The bus driver was also uninjured in the theft."
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