Bus driver jailed after pensioner pulled under wheels when refused entry

“She is trapped in a broken body caused single-handedly by the actions of one person," her son said.

Joan Scott needed to have both legs amputated after becoming trapped under a bus (Northumbria Police/PA)

Relatives of a pensioner who had a double leg amputation after she was trapped under a bus have urged people to show more compassion for the elderly after the driver was jailed.

Joan Scott, then 83, was trying to get on a double-decker in Wallsend, North Tyneside, in September 2021 when the driver, Scott Cliff, closed the doors and pulled away.