Crime & Safety
5-Year-Old Hit By Stranger On BART train
The child had accidentally bumped into the man on the train, police say.

BERKELEY, CA — A Richmond man was arrested Wednesday in Berkeley for allegedly striking a 5-year-old child who accidentally bumped into him on a BART train, according to police with the transit agency.
Raymond Benson, 19, was taken into custody on suspicion of willful harm to a child as well as battery on a transit passenger around 9:25 a.m.
The 5-year-old victim was transported to a hospital for evaluation and treatment. Details about his current condition were not immediately available.
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— Bay City News; Image by Renee Schiavone, Patch