A video emerged online showing a bus driver breaking down in tears after having to jam brake his vehicle and ended up cracking his windscreen, as he wondered out loud how he was going to pay for the damages.
The netizen who posted the video, Rabiatul Adawiyah, said that she was on her way to work on 14 April when the incident happened.
The bus driver had abruptly jammed his brakes along Bugis in order to avoid hitting a motorcyclist that he hadn’t noticed.
He managed to avoid hitting the motorcyclist but the impact cracked his bus’ windscreen, as netizen wondered how did the windscreen crack if it hadn’t hit anyone.
A man wearing a red hoodie was seen in the video holding his hand out in pain and filming the incident, indicating that he might have been thrown forward against the windscreen when the bus braked.
The bus later stopped at a traffic light and the driver was then seen hunched over the steering wheel and covering his face as he broke down and cried, repeatedly saying “how to pay… how to pay…”
The netizen waited until she was the last person to alight and went to approach the uncle, learning that his name is Abdullah and he lives in Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru.
She then got his contact number and she appealed to netizens who were keen in contributing donations to help the uncle.
Rabiatul shared an update in a subsequent video that she later reached out to the driver again and asked him if he had any insurance coverage or if he had to pay for the damages with part of his salary.
However, she learned that he didn’t have to pay for the damages – he had informed his company about what happened and filed a police report, and was told that his company would pay for the damages.
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