Article: R400 000 claim over 'assault' by bus driver.(News)

BYLINE: ZELDA VENTER

The Tshwane Metro Council is facing a R400 000 damages claim by a bus commuter who claims that a "hefty" bus driver punched her several times in the face and on her body following a disagreement between them.

According to Veronica Duarte (44), the bus driver was talking on her cellphone while driving with only one hand. "I was terrified as it was during peak hour and the traffic was bumper to bumper," Duarte told the Pretoria High Court yesterday.

Duarte, a senior claims handler at the Road Accident Fund in Pretoria, said she knew about the dangers of negligent driving and she was terrified that bus driver, Lucy Mthethwa, ...

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