Investigation report reveals new details of Metro bus crash that killed woman

An investigative report released by Cincinnati Metro provides new details about the crash that killed an 87-year-old woman earlier this year. Deon Willis, 47, has been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of involuntary manslaughter. The crash claimed the life of 87-year-old Beverly Kinney. Kinney died on Jan. 11 after being struck by a bus in Hyde Park. Police said she was walking in a marked crosswalk at the time. According to the accident report, the bus attempted to turn right from Dana Avenue onto Duck Creek Road, ignoring a pedestrian walking in a marked crosswalk with a pedestrian signal. According to the investigative report released by Metro, Willis wrote “cannot remember” when asked to describe the accident in an appeal of a preventable accident. When asked to provide a reason why he thought the accident should be reclassified, he wrote, “I did not even see the person.” The appeals board’s June 5 decision was reflected in the investigation report as “preventable.” Metro fired Willis effective June 10 for “failure to follow Metro’s revised mandatory turning procedures, which resulted in a preventable pedestrian accident on January 11, 2024.”