by Alex Lloyd Gross
Blair R. Vanacore, 69, of Jamison, is in serious trouble. He was charged by the Bucks County District Attorney with hit and run, after he allegedly drove away after he hit 83 year old Ronald Davenport of Doylestown while Vanacore was driving a bus for Bucks County transport. Police said back on August 12, 2026, he was driving through the complex of Grundy Hall, at 1290 Almshouse Road in Doylestown.
According to police, Davenport was crossing the road in front of the complex, when Vanacore is alleged to have hit him with the bus. He knew that he hit him, as police said after the impact, Vanacore got out of the van, gathered Davenport’s things and placed them near him. He then called 911 and reported a fall victim. He never told 911 operators that he was the driver that struck the pedestrian.
When medics got there, they thought they were dealing with a fall victim, until witnesses told police something different. Vanacore fled the scene before emergency services arrived. He later told police he felt he had to leave because he needed to return the bus to the storage depot by 10 PM. Davenport was transported to Abington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead from multiple blunt force injuries.
Investigators reviewed 911 audio recordings, in-bus video footage, and physical evidence from the scene. In his initial 911 call, Vanacore informed dispatchers only that “someone fell in the parking lot,” deliberately omitting that he had struck the victim with his bus. The crash reconstruction team also completed both daytime and nighttime visibility testing as part of the investigation to confirm the victim was in plain sight.
In a different, unrelated accident involving Bucks County Transport, Nov. 2, 2026, Central Bucks Regional Police Department officers responded to a vehicle-pedestrian collision involving a Bucks County Transport bus on the property of the Bucks County Library at 150 S. Pine St., Doylestown. Katherine Semisch was crossing the circle in front of the library when she was struck by the bus, police said. She was transported to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
In response to last week’s second fatal collision involving a bus operated by Bucks County Transport, which claimed the life of a beloved Central Bucks educator, District Attorney Khan announced an expansion of the ongoing investigation, to include a review of the company’s safety policies, driver training protocols and hiring practices of Bucks County Transport, a private, nonprofit shared-ride service that provides rides for senior citizens, people with disabilities, and others in need of transportation.