Bus driver pulls over and chases off mugger after spotting him trying to snatch elderly woman’s bag on the street
- Károly Zsolt Kis was driving in Miskolc, Hungary when he saw the attack
- He turned the bus to block off the road and pushed the mugger off the victim
- Police have identified and arrested a 27-year-old man suspected of the crime
This is the moment a brave bus driver went to the rescue of an elderly woman as a mugger tried to snatch her bag.
Károly Zsolt Kis was driving by Újgyőr market in Miskolc, Hungary, when he spotted a woman with a walking stick being attacked.
The footage recorded by the bus surveillance cameras shows the driver turning the bus to block off the road.
Footage recorded by the bus surveillance cameras show the brave driver stopping to help the elderly woman in Miskolc, Hungary
Károly then gets off the bus and pushes the man off the victim.
He told Miskolc TV that he turned the bus so no one could fall in front of cars if there was a brawl.
Police have identified and arrested a 27-year-old man suspected of the crime after the incident shortly before 9.30am on June 5.
Károly Zsolt Kis gets off the bus after spotting a man trying to snatch an elderly woman’s bag in the street
The driver, who previously served in Iraq, pushes the mugger off the victim
The bus driver, who previously served in Iraq, stands between the mugger and the victim until he runs away.
He looks through the trees on the side of the road to check the attempted thief is gone.
The elderly lady then boards the bus and it continues on its route.
She was not injured but she was shaken up by the incident.
He waits for the attempted mugger to run away before the elderly woman boards the bus and it continues on its route