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Woman hits bus driver with banana, fined

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LUND, Sweden, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Swedish woman was given a fine for throwing a half-eaten banana at a bus driver who she says almost hit her.

The 46-year-old woman from Skane, whose name was not reported, said bus driver Zekerija Velagic stopped just inches away from hitting her and her daughter, whom she was teaching how to drive, The Local reported.

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The woman said she then got onto the bus to give Velagic a talking to when the banana slipped out of her hand, hitting the driver.

"I've been dizzy since March, and my hands shake. Since my muscles are weak I drop things easily. I was holding the banana whilst standing there gesturing, and suddenly it flew away. But it hit the interior of the bus," she said.

However, Velagic had a different version of the story, The Local reported. He said when he stopped to let passengers off the bus, the woman ran on, started yelling at him and hit him with the banana.

"She hit me right in the face with the half-eaten banana. I had banana all over me, on my tie, my shirt and my eye," Velagic said.

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"It felt offensive, when 30 passengers saw the whole thing," he said, adding that he considered quitting his job after the event.

The incident wound up in Lund District Court which ruled in favor of the bus driver after a witness confirmed Velagic's version of the story, The Local said, and the woman was given a fine for an unreported amount.

"I feel unprotected legally," said the woman about the court's ruling. "It's unreasonable that a banana could cause this much damage. However, bus drivers should get their act together and not just thunder on with a 14 meter [46 foot] long bus. This could've ended in disaster."

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