Shocking moment school bus driver trades punches with motorist in roadside brawl as bewildered children watch on
THIS is the shocking moment a bus driver traded punches with a motorist during a roadside brawl as bewildered children looked on.
The violence flared when the driver of a school bus packed with Thorpe St Andrew High pupils pulled over to have a row with another driver on the A47 in Norfolk.
The two men then began fighting, as the pupils on the parked up bus looked on.
One said: "To be fair the other guy did pull out in front of him." Other boys laughed and were heard shouting "they're having a scrap", "he's going to get the sack" and "oh my god, Ken's got him".
Mobile phone footage appeared to show the man in the grey t-shirt throwing the first punch, instigating the violence.
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The school bus driver, said to be named Ken, then fought back.
He managed to wrestle the other driver to the ground, and at one point appeared to help him back up.
But the car driver got back up to continue shouting abuse at the bus driver.
The local paper reported that the driver was a contractor and did not work directly for Thorpe St Andrew High.
A spokeswoman for Norfolk County Council said: “We are aware of an incident involving a school transport operator today.
"We are investigating with the operator and will deal with the incident appropriately."
A spokesperson for Norfolk Police said: "Police were called to reports of an altercation between two men on the A47 carriageway near to Brundall roundabout on Tuesday afternoon June 4 2004.
"The incident involved a bus driver and a grey van driver who were in a verbal and then physical altercation which happened at 3.30pm.
"During the incident the road was blocked for a short time.
"The incident is currently under investigation."
A spokesperson for Thorpe St Andrew High said: "The incident took place on a home to school transport route, which is provided by the local authority.
"They are investigating the incident and will be working with the police.
"We will support their investigation as necessary and will be seeking reassurance from the local authority that such an incident will not happen again.
"As this is an ongoing police investigation we will not be commenting further."
