A Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit  bus-operator trainee was driving TCAT Route 11 when it collided into the retaining wall as it was turning the corner in Parking Lot J.
The accident occurred just before 6 p.m. Aug. 24, injuring a passenger, the driver and a TCAT bus-operator trainer, according to a statement from TCAT. Â
According to a release from TCAT, all of the passengers sustained minor injuries and were transported by Bangs Ambulance to Cayuga Medical Center. All three were treated and released late Monday night. Â
The trainee was placed on paid administrative leave while New York State Police investigate the accident, Patty Poist, a TCAT spokeswoman, said. Â
The Ithaca Fire Department, Bangs Ambulance, Ithaca College Public Safety and New York State Police all responded to the scene, the release said.
Bus operators receive one-on-one driver training with TCAT supervisors, two weeks of classroom and out-of-service training, and four weeks with an experienced driver in actual service before going solo, the release said.
