A London bus driver was stabbed at about 6am while waiting at a Southall bus stop for a changeover. The attack occurred about ten days after driver Sergi Krajev died following an assault on Battersea Bridge. Krajev was attacked by Gary Jones, 32, on a pavement outside a stationary bus, and was taken by air ambulance after being found critically injured. Jones was charged with causing grievous bodily harm, remanded in custody, and is scheduled to attend Kingston Crown Court on June 15. Unite says advice to remain in the cab is impossible in both cases and calls for training used for London Underground staff to be extended to bus drivers.
"Unite believes that advice to drivers that they should remain in their cab at all times needs to be urgently revised, with it being impossible to do so in both recent cases."
"The current advice to drivers to always remain in their cabs is both flawed and impractical. We urgently need fresh guidance and full training for drivers to ensure that they do not put themselves in danger."
Read at www.standard.co.uk
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