‘You may stuff your job’: Livid bus driver quits mid-shift leaving passengers locked in and stranded on facet of the street

Startled passengers had been left stranded and locked inside a double decker bus this week as a driver give up mid-shift.

The Go North East worker shouted ‘you possibly can stuff your job’ after slamming the brakes and storming out on route 21 from Durham to Newcastle on Wednesday, reviews declare.

Riders had been then left struggling to open the doorways from inside because the unnamed driver locked them earlier than disappearing into the evening close to the Angel of the North.

Finally, these aboard managed to free themselves by randomly urgent a collection of buttons and flagging down one other service. 

‘Individuals on board didn’t know what was occurring, then we realised the motive force was not coming again,’ one passenger stated following the incident.

A Go North East driver stormed off mid-shift between Durham and Newcastle

Riders had been locked contained in the bus however managed to flag down one other service

Liam Brian Kenny, who was additionally aboard the bus, shared on Fb: ‘Go North East, your bus driver on this bus tonight has simply left the bus on the Angel and stormed off. Locking the bus with individuals on it.’

Mr Kenny additionally alleged that the motive force stated ‘you possibly can stuff your job’ throughout the ordeal.

It presently stays unclear why the bus driver give up mid-shift, although Go North East confirmed the incident did happen.

The agency, which offers round 175,000 bus journeys on a regular basis, additionally vowed to analyze challenge in keeping with its ‘inside procedures’.

‘We clearly can’t condone the actions of this driver and I’ll be certain that the problem is investigated and handled based on our inside procedures,’ it stated.

‘We are able to solely apologise to any clients who had been inconvenienced by this occasion.’