A resident of Modi'in Illit reported that a bus driver stopped the vehicle, cursed, and refused to continue after a passenger accidentally rang the bell at a stop where the driver does not allow boarding. The resident said the driver, whom he identified as Arab, eventually drove off only after all passengers got off. The account is unverified.
A resident of Modi'in Illit described on Thursday an incident he said involved an Arab bus driver who became enraged when a passenger accidentally rang the bell at a stop where the driver does not allow boarding. The driver reportedly stopped the bus, cursed and shouted at passengers, and refused to move until everyone got off. The resident said the driver eventually drove away after the passengers disembarked. The account could not be independently verified, and no response from the bus company or police was reported. The incident is the latest in a series of passenger complaints about bus drivers in the city, which The Zioneer has previously covered.
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