A video captures the second a bus driver violently fights with a girl who seems to be attempting to board his car.
The incident, which occurred at 4pm on Friday on Southbury Highway in Enfield, is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police.
Firstly of the video the bus driver might be seen holding the lady in a headlock on the entrance to the route 192 bus in direction of Tottenham Hale.
It isn’t clear who started the altercation or what precipitated the violent escalation.
The bus driver might be seen holding the lady in a headlock in the beginning of the video. It isn’t clear what started the confrontation
Different ladies might be heard telling the bus driver and girl to cease preventing and one tries to drag them aside.
One of many different ladies screams: ‘Cease f*****g touching her. Get the f**okay off her.’
The bus driver goals kicks on the lady from the step of his bus earlier than showing to attempt to shut the doorways.
The girl stops the bus doorways from closing absolutely earlier than the combat continues because the bus driver tries to cease her boarding the car. Punches are thrown by each events.
The bus driver goals kicks on the crowded ladies as he seems to attempt to shut the doorways to the bus. Each the bus driver and the lady have {accused} the opposite of assault
The bus driver tries to shut the doorways of the car however the girl stops him by grabbing the yellow bars and forcing the doorways open.
The bus driver tries to push the lady’s palms off the bars however she doesn’t let go, so the doorways of the bus can’t shut absolutely
One other man intervenes to attempt to cease the combat earlier than the video ends.
The Metropolitan Police mentioned the bus driver had reported the incident about ten minutes later by flagging down officers.
The drive have since obtained a counter allegation that it was the lady within the video who was assaulted.
They’re investigating the incident additional and are interesting for anybody with info to contact the police.
A Transport for London spokesperson mentioned: ‘We have been involved to study of an incident that befell on a route 192 bus and reported it to the police as quickly as attainable.
‘We’re supporting Arriva’s pressing investigation into this very worrying incident.’
