Manchester - amputee asked to prove disability on bus
In March this year, a man with no legs was asked to prove he was disabled before being allowed on to a bus in Manchester. Double amputee Brian Callaghan was asked for his disabled pass entitling him to free travel, while boarding the number 17 First bus to Middleton. “I’ve got no legs, it’s pretty obvious,” he replied.
Mr Callaghan, who himself worked as a bus driver in Greater Manchester for 17 years until 1980, is planning to make a written complaint to First buses about his treatment.
“In all my time working, I never once asked people for passes if they were obviously blind or disabled,” he added. “That’s just unnecessary and unkind.”
