Police investigate assault on Halifax Transit driver

By CityNews Halifax Staff

Regional police are investigating an assault of a transit driver in Dartmouth last week.

On May 19, at roughly 3:30 p.m. officers responded to a report of a Halifax Transit driver who was assaulted while the bus was stopped on Wyse Road.

Police say a group who had been causing a disturbance on the bus while it was stopped at the bridge terminal was asked to leave the bus by staff.

Then two youths, who were with the group, ran to the next stop and got back on the bus through the back doors as other passengers were exiting.

The youths assaulted the driver then fled the area on foot and the driver was treated at the scene for his injuries by EHS.

The first suspect is described as a Black male youth in his late teens, with short dreadlocks, wearing a white sweater, blue jeans, sunglasses, and a medical mask.

The second suspect is described as a Black female youth in her late teens wearing a black top and pink leggings.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.