MTA bus driver attacked with tree branch in the Bronx: cops

A New York Metropolis bus driver was attacked by a passenger with a tree department within the Bronx.
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A MTA bus driver was attacked with a tree department within the Bronx late Wednesday, authorities mentioned.

The 39-year-old driver had stopped her bus on East Tremont Avenue close to Webster Avenue in East Tremont simply earlier than 10 p.m. when a passenger obtained off and grabbed a tree department off the bottom, cops mentioned.

The suspect, whose gender was not instantly identified, used the department to hit the motive force on her proper arm after which threw it at her, police mentioned.

The 39-year-old bus driver didn't must go to the hospital, and her attacker stays at massive.

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The sufferer was not hospitalized and the attacker remained at massive Thursday.

The motive for the assault was unclear.

The MTA launched an announcement calling the assault “unacceptable.”

“MTA bus operators are a part of the lifeblood of this metropolis and will by no means must work whereas fearing for his or her security and the protection of their passengers,” the assertion mentioned.

“This assault was unprovoked and unacceptable, and the MTA will work with the NYPD to establish the attacker and convey them to justice.”