Bus driver comes to blows with passenger

The police are investigating a fight between an Arriva bus driver and a passenger, who came to blows during an argument on a bus on Friday.

The incident took place at about 6 on Friday evening in Naxxar Road, San Ġwann.

Arriva Malta managing director Keith Bastow said the company would carry out an internal inquiry and the driver would be asked to submit a report on the incident.

Police sources said it appeared that the passenger, a black man, signalled a bus to stop but it kept going.

The passenger ran after the bus until it reached a bus stop a few metres up the road.

When the passenger got on, an argument erupted between the two. At one point, the man pushed the driver and the latter allegedly retaliated with a punch, the sources said.

Other passengers intervened to pull them apart.

By the time the police arrived the two men had calmed down and neither wanted to press charges against the other.

The police are, however, investigating the incident.