Bus driver bursts into tears, starts vomiting and FAINTS after having a panic attack when he realises the vehicle is a manual – and he can only drive automatic
- New Zealand bus driver had a panic attack when he couldn’t drive a manual bus
- The driver had to stop the bus and get out before seeming to faint on the grass
- Passengers said they were worried abut the driver’s welfare during the incident
A New Zealand bus driver (pictured) have suffered an apparent panic attack and had to jump off the bus when he realised the bus was a manual which he could not drive
Passengers were left fearing for their lives after their bus driver suffered a panic attack when he realised the vehicle he was driving was a manual.
The driver had taken over the bus at Taupo, at the halfway point of an eight-hour journey from Wellington to Auckland on New Zealand’s North Island.
But moments after taking the wheel, he pulled over on the side of the road near an intersection and reportedly collapsed on the ground to vomit.
‘He just fell to the ground, shaking his head. His legs were shaking. (He) started vomiting, started spewing in the bush,’ passenger Yibeth Morales told Newshub.
Sweating profusely, the man attempted to drive the bus again with a passenger teaching him how to operate the gear stick.
A second attempt to drive the bus ended moments later with him pulling over to the side of the road in a fluster.
When a passenger who offered to drive the bus was told they weren’t allowed to take the wheel, the driver burst into tears and reportedly fainted.
Police officers and paramedics arrived on the scene a short time later and a replacement driver was contacted.
Miss Morales said passengers were concerned about the driver’s welfare.
Eventually the bus was back on its route with a new driver and arrived at its destination just after 1am, however many passengers had opted to change their travel plans and did not ride out the rest of the trip.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the Entrada Travel Group for comment.
A passenger on the bus said they were mostly concerned for the welfare of the driver and after an ambulance and new driver showed up some chose not to get back onto the bus