A veteran Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) bus operator has been terminated after surveillance video shows him follow a passenger off his bus and assault the man in the middle of the street.

The South Bay transit agency says “ongoing personnel action” is underway against Aaron Terry who did not return to work after the incident.

NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit recently obtained surveillance video of the assault through a public records request. It shows Terry at the wheel of VTA bus #8331 early in the morning on July 25, 2022 driving southbound on El Camino Real in Mountain View. There are several passengers on board.

At 5:15 a.m., a man pulls on a chord above his seat to stop the bus. He proceeds to walk towards the front door near the driver.

The ambient bus noise

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