A MAN is wanted by British Transport Police after a bus driver received death threats.
Officers are investigating an incident where a replacement bus driver was subjected to verbal threats at approximately 5.30pm on October 28.
The driver was operating a replacement service between Pitsea and Chafford Hundred.
Just after the bus departed Grays station, the bus driver was approached by a man asking him to pull over.
The driver informed the man the next stop was Chafford Hundred station, however the man became verbally abusive and threatened to kill the driver.
He then grabbed the steering wheel three times.
The man then managed to open the doors and left the bus with a woman passenger.
The BTP has released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the incident.
Contact BTP by sending a text to 61016 or by calling 0800 40 50 40 quoting reference 481 of 28/10/2018, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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