Image caption The passenger said he was closed into the bus while the driver went into an amusement arcade

An angry bus passenger has complained that a driver ditched him alone on a closed Metrobus and nipped into a local amusement arcade.

Neil Salt was on his way home from work at 21:39 BST on Sunday when he got on to the bus in Belfast.

"It was 9.39pm on Sunday and he had five minutes and he nipped into the arcade.

"I had to wait in the bus on my own, he closed the doors," he said.

Mr Salt added: "I'm an honest fellow. But if I had been anyone else, the money on the bus might have gone.

"If it had been anyone else they could have been driving the bus off. I have claustrophobia and was a bit panicky. Two other people were standing outside waiting to get on. They were rapping at the bus. The driver was not there, he was in the amusement arcade."

Mr Salt said the bus left at 21:46 BST.

"I asked him on my way out whether he'd won anything and he said no," he said.

Mr Salt said he had sent an email to complain to Translink about it, but it takes 10 working days for a reply.

A Translink spokesperson said: "We are investigating it."