A partially-paralysed stroke victim was thrown off a bus for taking too long to pay for his ticket and was forced to walk into town, his family says. Brian Davies, who is paralysed on his right side and has trouble speaking, was trying to take the bus into Salisbury after a hospital appointment.
The 61-year-old from Sixpenny Handley in Dorset was instead left to walk the two-and-a-half miles into town.
The Wilts and Dorset bus company has apologised for his treatment.
 |  It's absolutely awful that people in the public sector should treat anybody with a disability or who has trouble communicating like this |
Mr Davies, who suffered his first stroke aged 52 and a second one three years ago, was visiting Salisbury District Hospital for a regular check up last Wednesday. He was due to catch the bus into town to meet his wife.
It is thought the stroke victim, who wears a badge that makes his condition clear, was asked to get off the bus after trying to give the driver a handful of change.
His brother David Davies told the BBC News website: "He cannot add up money or anything like that so he normally gets the change out and tells the driver to take what he needs.
"But the driver refused to take the money. Brian got off the bus and did not know what to do so he decided to walk into town.
'Extremely insensitive'
"I was absolutely disgusted. It's absolutely awful that people in the public sector should treat anybody with a disability or who has trouble communicating like this."
The bus company is now trying to identify the driver so appropriate action can be taken.
Andrew Wickham, the firm's operations director, said the driver had been "extremely insensitive".
"We are very sorry for what happened to Mr Davies. That is not how we expect our staff to behave," he said.
He added that disability awareness training was planned for staff.
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