On the night of Tuesday, July 11, a SITP driver stabbed while doing his job and using a system bus.
Although the authorities initially stated that there would be a situation where some passengers tried to get on the bus secretly, the truth of what happened has now emerged.
The injured driver, telling himself that the bus was overcrowded, decided not to stop the citizens demanding service at a bus stop. “When he saw that I didn’t want to open the door, he started attacking me, the bus,” the carrier explained.
(Continue reading: Video: panic moment where driver is stabbed and defended himself with fire extinguisher)
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The incident occurred between the Molinos and Diana Turbay sectors in the town of Rafael Uribe Uribe. route covered by the driver. The driver was stabbed in the left arm, and the attack had left him in complete shock, according to videos taken by eyewitnesses of the incident.
There was panic at that moment, because after the attack the driver lost control of the bus and began to slide down a slope in the field.
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“They give it, take the car”Witnesses to the events shouted, seeing everything from a pedestrian path.
Due to the aggression of a citizen in a black jacket, who had to use a fire extinguisher and was going to stab him, the people around tried to mediate.
The driver who was attacked told Citytv that he was driving through Molinos in the Los Puentes area, where he didn’t want to pick up some people. “A man jumped to break up my bus and stabbed me out the window with a knife.”sort of.
Meanwhile, Bogota Police inspector Colonel Sergio Bayona announced that there were four people on the bus. Encountering this situation, the driver demanded that they pay the fee, while one of the men threw himself on the transporter and injured him with a sharp weapon.
The Bogotá Security Secretariat pointed out that this was not a role-playing act, but intolerance. The National Police is looking for the attackers to prosecute them.
There is a warning in the system due to the severe wave of robberies affecting the passengers. One case occurred this Monday when a SITP bus passed through the neighborhood of La Fragua in the town of Kennedy, south of Bogotá. There, five robbers got into the car, in which the twelve passengers were staying, and took all their belongings.
The incident takes place right after the mayor’s statements. claudia lopez, questioning the private operators of the transport system. He pointed out that neither drivers nor companies are interested in stopping the non-payment phenomenon.
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“Stealing tickets and taxes from those who pay is harassment, lack of civic culture and violation” The President said on Twitter.
The mayor also said the following about this phenomenon: “But The reason we will be renegotiating these contracts is the reckless attitude of the driver and private operator. Operators always win, without any shared responsibility to avoid accidents, theft or any quality of service guarantees”.
On the other hand, TransMilenio stated that it is working on strategies to prevent wage evasion on four fronts: infrastructure, control, monitoring and characterization of smuggling and citizen culture.
In addition, plans are being made with the operators to implement an infrastructure in the turnstiles and make it difficult to escape from the crossing.
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