A city bus driver was fined 1,000 baht for rushing out of a bus stop as a disabled passenger was about to exit causing the latter to lose control and fall on the road, said the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, operator of the city bus service.
The city bus agency said that the driver of bus route No 81 , Mr Sakorn Karnsit, accepted responsibility for the mishap which was posted in the social media by a witness to the incident which has drawn a lot of criticism against the BMTA, the bus driver in question and the conductor.
The bus conductor, Ms Malee Pongdamnoen, was also fined 1,000 baht and suspended from duty for five days by the BMTA management for verbally abusing the victim and refusing to help him after he fell on the road from the bus.
Bus driver and conductor fined for being rude to a disabled passenger - Thai PBS English News