The bus driver says she suffered an injury from a belligerent passenger Friday morning when she was almost at the end of her route in Brooklyn.
A New York City bus driver is speaking out after she was attacked by a passenger in Brooklyn , a disturbing crime that's just one of three attacks on city bus drivers in recent days.
"No one pressed the bell. So, the guy gets up and he says, 'you passed my stop, can you let me off,'" the victim said."And before I could finish, I was getting punched in my face and driving," she said. "I have to make sure I don't crash and keep the people safe on the bus.""So, I stopped, and I opened the door because I thought about my precious kids that I wanted to get home to," the victim said.
In fact, that driver was also expected to speak at a news conference with their union about what it calls a fresh uptick in attacks on its members, but he didn't make it since he's still in too much pain. Another conductor was punched on the job Monday, according to the union, which says it's glad the NYPD increased its presence on the subways but say the same is needed on buses.
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