Police investigate after Perth boy, 12, dragged 300 metres by bus

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A 12 year-old boy has been left with broken bones after being dragged 300 metres by a Transperth bus with his foot trapped in the door.

boy has been left with broken bones after being dragged 300 metres by a Transperth bus with his foot trapped in the door.The bus driver has been stood down as police investigate.Jeremy has been left with broken bones after being dragged three hundred metres by a Transperth bus with his foot trapped in the door.

Jeremy was with friends when he was getting on the 600 bus from Mandurah, south of Perth, east to Pinjarra."He just closed the doors, the boys are all telling him to stop and they kicked the door and stuff telling him to stop but he kept going," Jeremy said.Witness Jaimie Phillips said she heard him banging.

At the intersection of Mandurah Road, the driver stopped, opened the door, and, according to witnesses, drove off.The Public Transport Authority confirmed the ordeal, telling 9News the driver of the bus had since been stood down by the contractor.

 

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