Adelaide Metro bus driver stood down pending investigation into Nairne train crossing dashcam

A bus driver has been stood down and an investigation launched after shocking footage captured the moment he appeared to run a red light at a train crossing.

An Adelaide Metro bus driver has been stood down and an investigation launched after shocking footage captured the moment he ran a red light at a train crossing in the Adelaide Hills.

Dashcam footage of the incident shows the bus stopped at a level crossing on Burn St and Old Princes Hwy in Nairne before accelerating through as a freight train approaches.

On Tuesday, an Adelaide Metro spokeswoman said the driver had been stood down and “not permitted to drive public buses while the matter is investigated”.

On Monday Adelaide Metro confirmed a “full investigation” had been launched into the incident.

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“Service provider SouthLink, which operates this bus service, has been provided with the dashcam footage and is conducting a full investigation,” a spokeswoman said.

She said CCTV from the bus would be downloaded and the driver would be spoken to about the incident.

“We take these incidents very seriously and will work with SouthLink to fully investigate and understand what has happened,” she said.

Tammy Snowball, who witnessed the incident, said her 12-year-old daughter, who has autism, caught an Adelaide Metro bus to and from school daily.

Ms Snowball said the incident had made her “pretty angry”.

“Lots of kids are hopping on that bus every day,” she said. “I would like to see him (the driver) stood down. This is blatant negligence.”

Ms Snowball said she would like to see boom gates installed at the crossing.

She said she had seen cars run red lights at the crossing but “a public bus is a different story”.

“If the train had hit him would have taken us out.

“People are on that bus every day – kids – parents are putting their kids on that bus in the safety of the driver’s hands and then this happens,” she told 9 News.

“I want to know that I’m putting my child on the bus and they’re going to get to school safely, but then when I see this, well, I just don’t know if I’ve got the full trust in them anymore.”