A YOUNG mother from Bridgwater claims she was thrown off a bus because the driver said her two-year-old daughter’s crying was too distracting.

Carley Brown, 20, said she had to walk in the cold for almost an hour after getting off the number 14 bus just five minutes after boarding.

First Bus, which operates the service, admits its driver did stop the bus to ask Carley to calm her daughter Evie-Mai down but insist he did not ask her to get off. The company has apologised to Carley over the incident.

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