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Brisbane bus driver stood down after passenger catches his illegal act while driving

A Brisbane bus driver has been stood down pending an investigation after a passenger caught him watching a video on his phone while driving. The passenger who filmed the driver and posted the video on social media said the bus was full of passengers. Footage appears to show the man wearing earphones, with his phone propped up on the dashboard playing a video. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> The female passenger reported the driver to Translink. An investigation is now underway, a Brisbane City Council spokesperson told 7NEWS. A bus driver has been stood down, and an investigation is underway after he was filmed watching a video on his phone while driving . Credit: 7NEWS Loading Facebook Embed “These actions from a professional driver are disappointing, dangerous, and clearly unacceptable,” they said. “The driver has been stood down, and an investigation is underway.” The dangerous act sparked outrage online, with one person saying dismissal was “absol...

Cruise line let passenger's body decompose, lawsuit says

A widow is suing a cruise line, alleging that it let her husband's body decompose after he died of a heart attack FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A widow and her family are suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly mishandling her husband's body after he died while they were on a ship last year, saying it was left to decompose and they suffered extreme emotional trauma. After Marilyn Jones' husband of 55 years, Robert Jones, died of a heart attack Aug. 15 onboard the Celebrity Equinox, his body was stored for nearly a week inside a walk-in cooler normally used for beverages instead of a properly chilled morgue as she was promised, according to the federal lawsuit filed in Florida. That left the body bloated and green, and the family was unable to have an open-coffin funeral “which was a long standing family custom and was what his family had desired," the lawsuit says. Marilyn Jones, her two daughters and three grandchildren are seeking $1 million in damages. Celebrity Cruises...