N.J. Transit bus driver charged with vehicular homicide in Passaic fatal accident. Thursday, October 4, 2012 Last updated: Thursday October 4, 2012, 9:52 PM BY JUSTO BAUTISTA AND KAREN ROUSE STAFF WRITERS An NJ Transit bus driver who allegedly ran a red light in Passaic last month, striking and killing a passenger who had just gotten off her bus, was arrested Thursday and charged with vehicular homicide, authorities said. Catherine Collier, 65, of Passaic was being held at the Passaic County Jail in Paterson with bail set at $50,000. Collier, who has worked for NJ Transit for 25 years, had been suspended with pay from her $52,000-a-year job while the transit agency conducted an internal investigation, said a spokeswoman, Nancy Snyder. That investigation is ongoing, Snyder said. “We are cooperating fully with the investigation,” she added, referring to the criminal probe. http://www.northjersey.com/passaic/NJ_Transit_bus_driver_in_Passaic_fatal_accident_charged_with_vehicular_h