MTA bus driver stabbed in neck during dispute in blood-covered Brooklyn scene
An MTA bus driver was stabbed in the neck while on duty in Brooklyn Saturday, a police spokesman said.
The unidentified driver, 60, was at the intersection of Pitkin Avenue and Alabama Avenue in East New York around 11:30 a.m. when he was attacked after a dispute with a man who appeared to be in his 20s, police said.
It is unclear if the suspect was a passenger on the bus. There was no arrest.
The driver, who was operating a No. 3 shuttle bus, was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition, cops said.
No arrests have been made.
The attack followed two assaults on bus drivers Friday.
A female MTA bus driver was punched in the face in East New York Friday, police sources said.
She was operating a B6 bus when she was hit at around 11:30 a.m. Friday by a passenger who said she missed her stop.
A short time later, a bus driver on a B44 bus at New York Ave. and Foster Avenue was hit with a liquid after asking a passenger to roll up her stroller before she boarded the bus around noon, the sources said.
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An MTA bus driver was stabbed in the neck while on duty in Brooklyn Saturday, a police spokesman said.
The unidentified driver, 60, was at the intersection of Pitkin and Alabama avenues in East New York around 11:30 a.m. when he was attacked after a dispute with a man who appeared to be in his 20s, police said.
The passenger was boarding the bus when the fight broke out, cops said. There was no arrest.
The driver, who was operating a No. 3 shuttle bus, was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition, cops said.
No arrests have been made.
The B99 bus was still in the middle of the eastbound lane on Pitkin Avenue at the intersection with Alabama Avenue Saturday afternoon. Blood stains could be seen on the floor near the door while smears of blood were on the glass partition surrounding the driver’s seat.
A man who works nearby and asked to remain anonymous said he saw the fight.
“There was a fight between the bus driver and a passenger,” he said. “They were fist fighting. They finished fighting, (the suspect) opened the back door, and he started running.”
A bus operator who identified himself as D. McClain said the violence in the area isn’t unusual.
“We need more protection out here,” he said. “The partition is not enough. The public is getting away with it, it’s out of control.”
“A man comes to work to do his job and the public sometimes is out of control,” he said. “You got emotionally disturbed people riding the bus, and you can’t determine how they will react.
“They [city] can do more, but there is a lot of buses. We got cameras, we got partitions, but that don’t matter to them, they’re going to do what they want to do,” McClain added.
“They’re not going to be prosecuted, there is no consequences, so they’re going to do what they’re going to do. Police can’t do their job without worrying about the (Civilian Complaint Review Board). It’s too much.”
The attack followed two assaults on bus drivers Friday.
A female MTA bus driver was punched in the face in East New York Friday, police sources said.
She was operating a B6 bus when she was hit at around 11:30 a.m. Friday by a passenger who said she missed her stop.
A short time later, a bus driver on a B44 bus at New York and Foster avenues was hit with a liquid after asking a passenger to roll up her stroller before she boarded the bus around noon, the sources said.
“Around here you can see the fight every day. I’m not surprised,” McClain said.
