A man travelling from Port Elizabeth to Durban by bus was hit by a car when all the passengers were asked to wait on the side of the road due to a fire hazard on board.
A man travelling from Port Elizabeth to Durban by bus was hit by a car when all the passengers were asked to wait on the side of the road due to a fire hazard on board.
Adding insult to injury, Albert Swiegers says bus staff treated him poorly after he had tried to help them during the emergency.
The accident took place about 30 kilometres out of Grahamstown on Wednesday evening. Swiegers, from Durban, was admitted to hospital and suffered injuries to his arm and hand.
"I was on the side of the road in the yellow lane and I was hit by a car, which didn't stop," he said.
He was hit by the car while trying to set off a fire extinguisher in the road to signal their presence to motorists.
Swiegers claims that not only did the bus crew not have a danger triangle to warn others on the road, but they didn't know how to use the fire extinguisher either.
"I had to do that for them," he said, adding that there was also no first-aid kit on board.
Police gave Swiegers the registration number of the car that hit him, but he said he isn't sure how to take the matter further.
He has also tried calling the bus line to complain, but for the last few days there has been no answer, he says.
The bus company's website is currently under construction, and Grocott's Mail could not contact a spokesperson for comment at the time of publishing.
Grahamstown police spokesperson captain Mali Govender was also unavailable for comment.
