The bus driver involved in Virginia Giuffre’s crash has spoken out after the mysterious incident.
The Prince Andrew’s sex assault accuser was due in court just days before she said she was hit by a bus and had only days to live.
However, police said no serious injuries were reported after the incident near Perth, Western Australia, and they described it as a ‘minor’ collision.
Giuffre shocked her followers on Sunday when she said on an Instagram post she had ‘four days to live’ after kidney failure.
Her spokesman has since admitted she made a mistake posting it publicly and it was intended for a private Facebook page.
Now, the bus driver involved in the crash has given his side.
Driver Ross Munns told Daily Mail Australia that the crash happened when he was driving along with 29 children on board and was just about to overtake when a vehicle in front of him started to turn to the right.
He claimed the Toyota Highlander ahead of the bus was driven by a 71-year-old woman, who is thought to be Giuffre’s carer. He said he didn’t remember seeing Giuffre in the vehicle, but a police report later said a 41-year-old woman was a passenger, the outlet reports.
The driver said: ‘It’s just all blown out of proportion and I know what happened. I didn’t even see her in the car.’
Munns, who has been a professional driver for 16 years, said he sounded his horn when the Toyota began suddenly turning in front of him to get onto a side road.
He said he swapped details with the 71-year-old woman and they both drove away following the impact.
However, he decided to report it to the authorities as he felt ‘a little bit suss.’
When he rang the woman the next day, she told him that her passenger had suffered ‘a black eye.’
He said seeing the Instagram post claiming the bus had hit Giuffre’s car at over 60mph (110km/h) left him uneasy.
The driver continued: ‘I actually feel sorry for her. If I hit that car at 110 they would be dead. I used to drive ambulances for years in the country and I know how to have a good look.
‘I have got the-all clear from the police and if they want to come for insurance, I will fight that as well.
‘She said she was hit by a bus at 110km/h and all buses in Western Australia are governed to 100km/h.
‘I was doing 75 and its only when she slowed down even more, I decided to pass her.’
He claimed there’s ‘no way you could get that injury if you were in that car,’ adding that he ‘would rather this just go away.’
Giuffre was due to appear at Perth Magistrates’ Court accused of breaching a family violence restraining order, Daily Mail Australia reports.
Prince Andrew, who has strongly denied Giuffre’s claims, agreed to pay her charity £12,000,000 in 2022 to end her civil case at a New York court.
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