37 Bus Driver May Lose Eyesight �


Witness Appeal  To GBH outside Wandsworth Town Hall

Police are currently investigating a serious assault on a Wandsworth Bus driver who may as a  result lose sight to one of his eyes.

On 1st February 2009 at approximately 23:30 hours a route 37 bus approached and stopped at the bus stop on Fairfield Street / Fairfield Drive opposite the Town Hall in Wandsworth.

The driver got out of the bus to clear snow from his windscreen and mirror when a he was attacked by several males after a snowball was thrown at him, knocking him to the ground where he  received several blows to the head in the scuffle.

As a result of the attack the drivers eye was knocked from its socket and subsequent surgery has yet to confirm loss of sight.


 

February 19, 2009

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Any witnesses should Quote Reference WVU 56 /08  by  contacting  the Transport Operational Command Unit's Workplace Violence Unit on 0207 027 8950 or  if you wish to speak anonymously to someone, other than the police, call CRIMESTOPPERS, an independent charity on 0800 555 111.


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