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Police video shows men taking Calgary bus for joyride.


CALGARY ? Surveillance video from a stolen Calgary bus taken for a joyride shows two men chuckling and yelling as they zoom around corners and consider cutting across someoneapos;s lawn. But police officers in the city arenapos;t laughing over a dangerous prank they say could have seriously hurt someone. Police say the two men hopped on board the idling bus when the driver stopped for a bathroom break early Sunday. They spun through a southeast neighbourhood and bashed the bus into at least two parked cars. The released video shows one of the men laughing while the other spins the vehicleapos;s massive wheel as the bus zooms along a curvy residential street. quot;The two suspects, while driving the bus, were very wanton and reckless. It appears as though they were speeding,quot; said acting Staff Sgt. Kristie Verheul. quot;The video does indicate there are times in the travels that they were all over in the bus, hard turns were happening, and there was some property damage.quot; Police were called when the bus was found damaged and abandoned about half an hour later. Verheul said police havenapos;t identified the culprits but hope the clear footage will lead to tips from the public. She said comments from one of the men led investigators to believe heapos;s familiar with the area. She said sheapos;s not worried about copycat joyrides, but admitted that it is upsetting for her to watch the men. quot;I suppose it does frustrate me, because obviously this incident has put Calgary citizens at risk. As you can see from the video, if somebody was crossing a road or backing out of their driveway, there were some public safety concerns that were created from the way that they were driving.quot; Calgary Transit officials have said theyapos;re reviewing a policy that allows drivers to leave their buses running for up to five minutes.

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