The bus driver involved on the crash, Ross Munn, and Virginia Giuffre with a bruise on her face.
Bus driver Ross Munns has commented on the crash after Virginia Giuffre’s Instagram post claiming she was on death’s door (Picture: Getty)

The bus driver involved in Virginia Giuffre’s crash has spoken out after the mysterious incident.

The Prince Andrew’s sex assault accuser was due in court just days before she said she was hit by a bus and had only days to live.

However, police said no serious injuries were reported after the incident near Perth, Western Australia, and they described it as a ‘minor’ collision.

Giuffre shocked her followers on Sunday when she said on an Instagram post she had ‘four days to live’ after kidney failure.

An aerial map showing where a bus and a car with Giuffre on board crashed near Perth, Australia.
The crash happened near Neergabby around 50 miles north of Perth (Picture: Metro.co.uk)

Ross Munns, the bus driver allegedly involved in the crash with Virginia Giuffre's vehicle.
Bus driver Ross Munns said the incident has been blown out of proportion (Picture: Facebook)

Her spokesman has since admitted she made a mistake posting it publicly and it was intended for a private Facebook page.

Now, the bus driver involved in the crash has given his side.

Driver Ross Munns told Daily Mail Australia that the crash happened when he was driving along with 29 children on board and was just about to overtake when a vehicle in front of him started to turn to the right.

He claimed the Toyota Highlander ahead of the bus was driven by a 71-year-old woman, who is thought to be Giuffre’s carer. He said he didn’t remember seeing Giuffre in the vehicle, but a police report later said a 41-year-old woman was a passenger, the outlet reports.

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The driver said: ‘It’s just all blown out of proportion and I know what happened. I didn’t even see her in the car.’

Munns, who has been a professional driver for 16 years, said he sounded his horn when the Toyota began suddenly turning in front of him to get onto a side road.

Undated handout photo issued by the US Department of Justice (left-right) of the Duke of York, Virginia Giuffre, and Ghislaine Maxwell. Disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has said the well-known photo showing the Duke of York next to Virginia Giuffre is fake. Maxwell, 61, who was convicted of sex trafficking, has previously cast doubt on the authenticity of the photo, said to be taken inside her Mayfair home, showing Andrew with his arm around Ms Giuffre, and Maxwell in the background. Speaking from prison in the US to Talk TV, Maxwell said she is
Duke of York, Virginia Giuffre, and Ghislaine Maxwell (Picture: US Department of Justice/PA)

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, with a photo of herself as a teen, when she says she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew, among others.
Virginia Giuffre says she was targeted by Jeffrey Epstein when she was 17 (Picture: Tribune News Service/Getty)

He said he swapped details with the 71-year-old woman and they both drove away following the impact.

However, he decided to report it to the authorities as he felt ‘a little bit suss.’

When he rang the woman the next day, she told him that her passenger had suffered ‘a black eye.’

Jeffrey Epstein.
Virginia Giuffre was trafficked as a teen by the disgraced billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein who surrounded himself with celebrities before his death in 2019 at a New York prison (Picture: Getty Images)

He said seeing the Instagram post claiming the bus had hit Giuffre’s car at over 60mph (110km/h) left him uneasy.

The driver continued: ‘I actually feel sorry for her. If I hit that car at 110 they would be dead. I used to drive ambulances for years in the country and I know how to have a good look.

‘I have got the-all clear from the police and if they want to come for insurance, I will fight that as well.

‘She said she was hit by a bus at 110km/h and all buses in Western Australia are governed to 100km/h.

‘I was doing 75 and its only when she slowed down even more, I decided to pass her.’

He claimed there’s ‘no way you could get that injury if you were in that car,’ adding that he ‘would rather this just go away.’

Giuffre’s original Instagram post said: ‘I’ve gone into kidney renal failure, they’ve given me four days to live, transferring me to a specialist hospital in urology. I’m ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time, but you know what they say about wishes. S**T in one hand and wish in the other & I guarantee it’s still going to be s**t at the end of the day.

‘Thank you all for being the wonderful people of the world and for being a great part of my life. God bless you all xx Virginia’

Giuffre was due to appear at Perth Magistrates’ Court accused of breaching a family violence restraining order, Daily Mail Australia reports.

Prince Andrew, who has strongly denied Giuffre’s claims, agreed to pay her charity £12,000,000 in 2022 to end her civil case at a New York court.

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