{"id":40038,"date":"2026-05-18T18:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/40038\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:05:24","slug":"london-bus-driver-fighting-for-his-life-after-serious-assault-at-bus-stop-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/40038\/","title":{"rendered":"London bus driver fighting for his life after \u2018serious assault\u2019 at bus stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 64-year-old bus driver is in a critical condition in hospital after being seriously assaulted on one of London\u2019s busiest bridges. He was taken to hospital by air ambulance in the early hours of Monday having been given first aid by police officers who were called to Battersea Bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/all-about\/metropolitan-police\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Metropolitan Police;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Metropolitan Police&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Metropolitan Police<\/a> said he was assaulted following a confrontation on the pavement while his bus was parked at a stop shortly before 12.30am. A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Detective Superintendent Fiona Van Kampen said: \u201cWe recognise the intense concern this will cause within the local community, and are working to establish the exact circumstances of the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis took place on one of London\u2019s busiest bridges, so we are urgently appealing for anyone with information to come forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIf you have dash-cam or mobile phone footage of what happened, it is important that we see it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOur thoughts remain with the victim\u2019s family as enquiries continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information can call police on 101 giving the reference CAD 174\/18May, or to remain anonymous contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Siwan Hayward, director of security, policing and enforcement at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/all-about\/transport-for-london\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Transport for London;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Transport for London&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Transport for London<\/a>, said: \u201cOur thoughts are with the bus driver, his family and his friends following this shocking incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe strongly condemn all forms of violence and aggression and everyone has the right to work and travel on London\u2019s transport network safely and without fear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe are supporting the police with their investigation and will continue working closely with them. We take workplace violence extremely seriously and remain committed to protecting our staff across the network.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 64-year-old bus driver is in a critical condition in hospital after being seriously assaulted on one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[11341,20301,20303,8424,20304,20302,27,554,1043],"class_list":["post-40038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-air-ambulance","tag-battersea-bridge","tag-bus-driver","tag-critical-condition","tag-fiona-van-kampen","tag-grievous-bodily-harm","tag-london","tag-metropolitan-police","tag-transport-for-london"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116596907870949916","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}