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Bus driver allegedly attacked by passenger after asking him to wear a mask
Coronavirus Transport NewsA Victorian bus driver has allegedly been seriously attacked by a passenger after asking him to wear a mask.
The 55-year-old driver has been hospitalised with serious injuries following the attack in northern Victoria just before 10am.
He was driving a bus travelling from Wodonga to Adelaide at the time.
The attack occurred aboard a bus. (Getty)The driver allegedly asked a man who boarded the bus at Kerang bus depot to wear a face mask before he continued on driving.
The man allegedly then became abusive and punched a window, then approached the driver and seriously assaulted him.
The driver then stopped the bus by Boundary Street in Kerang and the man got off the bus.
This article first appeared on www.9news.com.au