Man who jumped on hood of school bus while yelling at driver identified as retired teacher

A former Maryland teacher was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace and destruction of property after he jumped on the hood of a school bus as it began to move while he yelled at the driver.

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Leverne Doran, 68, a retiree, jumped on the bus outside Baltimore last week after one of the students inside the bus threw a Gatorade bottle at his car.

The driver repeatedly asked Doran to “get off the bus” while he replied, “Open the door!”

The children on the bus can be heard screaming as Doran bangs his fist on the hood.

Susan Copenhaver, who had two grandchildren on the bus, told Inside Edition she was so upset by the incident that she posted the video on her Facebook page.

“The children were scared to death and most of them ran to the back of the bus and got under the seats,” she said. “After the video the bus driver had reached a traffic light so he stopped there and stopped and when he did the gentleman came to the door and after three or four times , he managed to open the door, then he entered the bus and started shouting at the driver.

Doran's attorney, Steven Silverman, spoke to Inside Edition's Steve Fabian about the incident. Fabian asked him if Doran should have known better.

“Actually, I think he knew better, this is the current communication problem between the criminal charges and what happened on the street,” he said. “It is not fair to portray Mr. Doran as anything other than a responsible adult trying to do what is right.”

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Fortunately, no one was injured and Doran got out of the bus. But the children were terrified.

“I'm sure this frightening experience will stay with them for many years to come,” Copenhagen said.

The child who threw the bottle was suspended from school for three days.

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