A heated argument between a bus driver and a passenger at Woodlands Interchange arose after the latter allegedly insisted on bringing durians onto the bus.
Sylvia William, a 36-year-old banker, posted a video of the incident, garnering over 583,500 views and 8,000 likes. Ms William said the altercation took place at 9.44pm on Dec 28.
The 20-second clip, captioned “Incident at Woodlands Interchange today”, shows a driver of bus service 911, operated by SMRT, standing at his seat in the bus. He engages in a heated exchange with a woman dressed in red, as other passengers crowd around them.
“Bring it out,” the driver says twice, pointing towards the exit. The woman jabs a finger in his face, and a scream is heard from one of the passengers.
The driver then sits back down as other passengers attempt to coax the woman off the bus.
Ms William told Stomp that she was not aware of what triggered the argument. “A few people tried to calm (the woman) down. But it did not work,” she said. “Everyone went there to find out what’s going on.”
