A local man ran his father's Chevy Silverado 1500 into the back of an RTS bus on Southwest 20th Avenue at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Shane Chiarell, 32, said he had just turned out of the Sweetbay parking lot and was driving west when his sunglasses fell off his head. He bent down to pick them up without realizing that the bus in front of him had stopped until it was too late.
When asked if he'd been injured, Chiarell said, "Physically, no. Mentally, yeah. My dad's gonna kill me."
By the time police arrived, the bus passengers had left the scene, presumably uninjured, said GPD officer Al Moore, who responded to the scene.
Chiarell said he was driving about 30 mph when the crash happened.
The front end of the truck took the brunt of the damage and had to be towed from the street. The bus appeared to be undamaged.
