SINGAPORE – Tower Transit is looking for the four commuters who rushed to help a bus driver on Sept 14, after he became unresponsive behind the wheel while approaching a bus stop in Hougang.
In a Facebook post on Sept 15, the bus operator highlighted the “caring commuter culture” shown in the incident and said “we’d love the chance to thank you properly”.
It also expressed its appreciation to an SBS Transit bus driver who had quickly alerted the Tower Transit control centre to the medical emergency.
Tower Transit said that a man at a bus stop had noticed a bus driver on service 854 slumped in the cabin on the afternoon of Sept 14 and banged on the doors to sound the alert.
Passengers on board the double-decker bus also rushed to help, it added.
“One checked on our captain, another called for an ambulance and a third climbed into the driver’s seat to engage the handbrake and bring the bus safely to a stop,” it said.
The woman who pulled the handbrake to stop the bus also explained the situation to the Tower Transit control centre, it added.
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