A commercial bus driver charged in a New Jersey accident that killed an infant is also employed by New York City's transportation authority.

Idowu Daramola
Idowu Daramola (News 12 New Jersey)
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The MTA says Idowu Daramola was hired in February as a full-time probationary bus driver and worked out of a depot in upper Manhattan.

MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz says the agency is terminating him due to the accident and because he failed to get clearance to work a second job.

Ortiz says Daramola's driving record had come back clean during a background check.

The Queens man is jailed on charges including death by auto in an accident that occurred Tuesday in West New York while he was driving a commercial shuttle bus.

Authorities say he was on a cellphone when his bus struck a light pole that landed on a stroller, killing 8-month-old Angelie Paredes.

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