A pregnant Dorchester woman says she has been too afraid to go outside since getting into a fight with an MBTA bus driver who she said swore at her when she couldn’t pay the fare.

A cellphone video posted online that went viral captured the fracas after Husniya Anderson, 32, threw a drink at the 13-year veteran driver who had asked her to get off the bus because she didn’t have enough money for the fare. The video then appears to show the driver attacking Anderson outside the bus as she holds on to her 3-year-old daughter in an effort to “shield her.”

“No sane person would do that, especially with a child in my vicinity,” Anderson told the Herald. “It was unprofessional and she should be ashamed of herself.”

The bus driver has been suspended with pay while investigators continue to “determine the circumstances that led to the woman assaulting the bus operator,” MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said.

Anderson said she boarded the bus Aug. 19 and did not have enough change or value on her Charlie Card to cover the fare.

“(The driver) said, ‘I am sick of people acting like they don’t want to pay,’ ” Anderson said. “I told her I only had 40 cents. I was going five blocks, it’s 90 degrees, I’m pregnant, and I’m not feeling well.”

Anderson, who is six weeks pregnant, said the driver pulled over the bus and demanded she and her daughter leave. Anderson had addressed her daughter by name and said the driver began using her daughter’s name in a “taunting” fashion.

“She said ‘Emerald, you and your mother have to get off the bus,’ ” Anderson said. “She was not only taunting me, she was taunting my daughter.”

As Anderson walked off the bus, she said she asked the driver why “she had to be so mean.”

“(The driver) said, ‘It’s not my fault you’re a broke (expletive),’ ” Anderson said, prompting her to throw the water at the driver and sparking the melee. “I am sorry I reacted the way I did. My motherly instincts kicked in. She was taunting my child … and used derogatory language.”

Anderson said the fight went beyond what’s shown in the video, with the driver returning to the bus and saying, “Come on, do you want to fight?”

Anderson’s attorney, Timothy Fallon, said he has not heard whether his client will face any charges. He also said he has not ruled out a lawsuit against the MBTA or pressing charges against the driver. T police spokesman Lt. Richard Sullivan said “appropriate charges will be brought” once their investigation is concluded.

Anderson said she was laid off in July, but previously had been working as a political fundraiser for 12 years. She said she has been afraid to go outside because she feels everyone is staring at her and she is afraid to ride the MBTA for fear of running into the driver again.

“There needs to be justice, she should not get away with this,” Anderson said. “She could have injured me, my daughter, or my unborn child. I just feel like she had no regard for human life and no heart at all.”