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Greyhound driver cleared in pedestrian death Thursday Dec 14, 2017 at 11:29 AM Dec 14, 2017 at 11:29 AM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil Jackson County will not file charges against a bus driver who was at the wheel when a 25-year-old Seattle man was run over and killed in Central Point last June. The Jackson County District Attorney's Office said in a press release there is "insufficient evidence to support proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that driver Arthur Lamarris Coley acted in a reckless or criminally negligent manner the night Hunter Maxwell Brown died. "The events of that day were a terrible tragedy," the release says. "However, they do not rise to the level of criminal conduct." The incident happened at about 1:30 a.m. June 29. Police responded to Central Point's Pilot Truck Stop for a report of a pedestrian who had been run over. The Pilot is a stone's throw from Interstate 5 and is bordered by East Pine Street to the north and Peninger Road to the west. The bus had pulled over for a stop and was scheduled to depart at 1:30 a.m., though passengers on the bus said Coley had started to depart early, reportedly honking the horn to signal to passengers still inside that it was time to leave. Before the stop, some passengers reported Coley was in a bad mood and had kicked some passengers off the bus for smoking cannabis. He began to drive away, which is when Brown reportedly ran out toward the departing vehicle. "Brown ran up next to the bus as it pulled out onto Peninger Road, trying to get the driver's attention," the release says. "(He) was next to the bus when his foot got caught under the tire. His body was pulled under the tire." Brown died at the scene. Some passengers interviewed said they were aware Brown was trying to get the bus to stop, while others said they heard yelling but could not understand why. Coley told police he had been trying to pull over after seeing and hearing Brown, reporting that "Brown disappeared" followed by a "thump," the release says. He stopped immediately. Police said Coley was visibly distraught, and that there were no traces of alcohol or drugs in his system based on blood and urine samples. Family members previously told the Mail Tribune Brown had been en route to the San Francisco Bay area. They are suing the bus line, claiming the company was negligent. A complaint in the case claims Coley already had driven 9 1/2 hours that day and was confrontational with some passengers. — Reach reporter Ryan Pfeil at 541-776-4468 or [email protected]. Follow him at www.twitter.com/ryanpfeil.