BOSTON Fung Wah, the iconic Chinatown bus operator, almost went two consecutive months without an accident but, alas, didnt make it.

Near the end of last month, a Fung Wah driver tried an abrupt lane change near a Weston, Mass., toll booth and wedged his coach, with 30 passengers onboard, atop a concrete barrier.

It was driver Zhongoiang Whus second day on the job.

"I go the wrong way, you know," Whu told a local TV station. "I see the sign is auto only."

Whu was ordered off the road after State Police found his driver logs to be in violation of federal rules. He also was cited for failing to use caution while entering a toll booth, a misdemeanor.

Sgt. Carol MacDonald, a State Police spokeswoman, said that when Whu backed up and tried to drive into a tollbooth to his left, the rear wheels became suspended atop a barrier separating the lanes.

Passengers told reporters Whu tried to get the bus off the median, but only ended up spinning the wheels, producing lots of tire smoke.

Passengers later boarded another Fung Wah bus for the rest of the trip. "We will be looking forward to getting the incident report from the State Police, and we'll be evaluating that to determine if further action is needed on our part," Ian Grossman, spokesman for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, told a Boston newspaper.

On Jan. 3, a New York-bound Fung Wah bus lost two wheels on the Massachusetts Turnpike. And during the Valentine's Day snowstorm, a Fung Wah coach skidded off the highway. No one was hurt, but state police cited the driver for going too fast and negligent operation. Other line-run operators shutdown that day, but not Fung Wah.

In September, a Fung Wah bus rolled over on an Interstate 290 ramp, injuring 34 passengers.