 Police are investigating a complain of assault on a bus driver yesterday afternoon evening. It appears a driver of a surfside bus was assaulted by a passenger at Burley Heads just after 6pm last night. Investigations at this stage indicate the passenger got onto the bus at Southport. The bus travelled south along the Gold Coast Highway. A verbal argument broke out on the bus between this passenger and the driver. As a result of that argument, the driver stopped the bus near to the Caltech service station southbound lanes at Burley Heads. It would appear that the driver has left the bus in order to contact help or to seek assistance. The passenger has followed him. The altercation has continued and during this altercation it has been alleged that the passenger assaulted the driver by punching him once. It would appear the offenders then decamped from the area. As a result of investigations this morning by detectives, police have spoken to a 16 year old male person and investigations are continuing into this matter. Were there other passengers on the bus at the time? Yes there were. There were a handful of passengers on the bus and they have assisted police with the counts of what occurred. So there was no actual attack on the bus? It was when the bus driver got off the bus? No, it's our understanding the assault took place outside of the bus. Though there was some sort of verbal argument between the two on the bus. What was that about? At this stage not able to say but the information available to us from witnesses indicates the passenger was quite unruly during the trip and his behaviour was disrupting other passengers. Was it just one punch or was it more a prolonged sort of attack? It's been alleged that it was just one punch. We know how serious I guess one punch can be. Exactly. It doesn't matter if it's one punch or 20 punches. As we all know sadly one punch can do serious damage or even kill someone. How is the driver now? He's fine. He suffered minor injuries that didn't require hospitalisation but obviously it's still an upsetting experience for him to go through. The bus drivers have been targeted a lot on the Gold Coast. Is this an increasing concern for police? Any assault on public transport or in any public place under those circumstances is a concern to us. Hence our quick response to the matter and hence that we were able to identify a person who has been assisting us with their enquiries. Thank you.