PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Public Transit Authority CEO Scott Avedisian submitted a letter of resignation to Gov. Dan McKee on Thursday simply two weeks after he used to be accused in a hit-and-run in a McDonald’s drive-thru in Warwick.
The announcement got here the similar day because the RIPTA board of administrators met at the back of closed doorways to talk about Avedisian’s destiny.
‘LIFELINE’ OF PUBLIC TRANSIT FACES DEEP CUTS IN RI
In his letter of resignation, Avedisian ticked off a chain of what he portrayed as successes followed all the way through his tenure.
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority CEO Scott Avedisian has submitted a letter of resignation to Gov. Dan McKee, two weeks after he used to be accused in a hit-and-run in a McDonald’s drive-thru. (Fox Information)
“Regrettably, all of those tasks at the moment are being overshadowed through contemporary occasions,” he wrote. “I feel sorry about that the nice paintings of the workers is being detracted through my movements.”
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Avedisian pleaded no longer accountable final week to a misdemeanor offense of leaving the scene of an twist of fate after police stated he led to a three-car crash in a Warwick McDonald’s drive-thru and fled the scene.
The previous Warwick mayor started serving as the top of RIPTA in 2018. A successor to the put up has but to be named.
