Mum and disabled baby booted off bus

Mum Karen was ordered to take Lucy and her two other children off the nearly empty bus
because she could not fold up the buggy due to all the pipes from the oxygen cylinder.

The news comes only two weeks after a woman with a seven month old baby was thrown off a Cambridgeshire bus
miles from home because her child was crying.

Karen told the Daily Telegraph: "Whenever I go anywhere I have to lug
Lucy’s oxygen bottle around and it’s always very awkward and heavy. The driver
was quite nasty and very rude. The four other passengers were furious about his attitude
but he didn’t care and drove away."

The family had been trying to travel to hospital for an appointment for Lucy, who has
slight brain damage and breathing difficulties.

Karen said she had used the bus quite often and never been refused access because of
the buggy before.

The local transport company has promised to investigate the complaint.

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