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 The man, who was accompanied by a woman without any protective gear,
boarded the Venice, California-bound bus and told the driver, "Don't
mess with me. I have Ebola," said Los Angeles County Metro spokesman
Paul Gonzales.
After a few minutes, the man dropped his mask and exited the bus
with the woman, Gonzales said. The driver told the rest of the
passengers to take the next bus, then drove the vehicle to a central
bus yard.
"We consider it a high likelihood that it was a hoax," Gonzales
said.
As a precaution, the driver was sequestered for two hours, then
taken to a local hospital where he was examined and released in
apparent good health, Gonzales said.
Gonzales said officials are reviewing surveillance video from inside
the bus to help apprehend the man, and are treating the scare as a
terrorist threat.
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(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Michael
Perry)
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