On-duty MTA bus driver stabbed in neck in Brooklyn: NYPD

Lina Portman4 weeks ago

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – An on-duty MTA bus driver was stabbed in the neck after an argument with a passenger in Brooklyn Saturday morning, police said.

The 60-year-old bus driver was stabbed with an unknown object by a man following an unprovoked argument at 11:43 a.m., according to the New York Police Department. The victim was driving a shuttle at the time of the incident.

First responders transported the man to the hospital for treatment. No arrests have been made and the investigation continues.l

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Charline Charles is a digital journalist from Brooklyn who has covered local news and culture and arts in the New York area since 2019. She joined PIX11 News in 2022. See more of her work here.