WATCH the shocking moment a bus driver punches a man on crutches, sending him flying to the ground after a confrontation.
The scenes unfolded on Saturday at Glenrothes Bus Station in Glenrothes, Fife, where the unnamed man on crutches was allegedly asked to get off the bus by the driver when he was found littering on the vehicle.
The bloke is then reported to have become angry with the driver and smacked him with his crutches, causing him to bleed from his ear.
Video footage recorded by onlookers from the top deck of a nearby bus shows the driver’s subsequent response to the man’s continued aggression.
The driver can be seen standing by the back of the vehicle when the man on crutches, having been asked to leave, advances angrily towards the driver.
The man gets right up to the driver’s face and looks down at a device in his hand as the youths watching on exclaim: “Oh his ear’s bleeding.”
The driver then shockingly jabs the crutch-bound man in the face, catching him off balance and causing him to stagger backwards and fall to the floor.
With the driver having slammed the door to the bus behind him though, the man whacks the window with his crutch in vain before angrily moving round to the front of the vehicle.
However, the bus driver seems uninterested in escalating the conflict any further and it remains unclear what, if any, action followed as the cameraman’s bus pulls away.
The footage was shared to social media on Saturday with the caption: “Glenrothes bus station.
“Mad out of control degenerate causing chaos on the bus and in the station. Man’s within his rights.”
The video received over 960 likes and more than 530 comments from social media users who supported the bus driver’s actions.
Many claimed the man on crutches assaulted the driver first, offering reasoning behind the sucker punch.
One user said: “The guy with the crutches clearly is intimidating the driver and also is very much in the driver’s face, that is called self defence.
“If you feel threatened, then it is warranted.”
Another added: “Video is a bit misleading.
“Given that he assaulted the driver previously, you can’t blame the driver for his response but it’s still a shame he hit him as he will likely get in trouble.”
A third commented: “F**k around, find out.”
Another wrote: “About time he got what he deserved.”
A fifth replied: “Oh my, I’m glad I wasn’t there.”
