Crime & Safety
Woman In Surgical Mask Sprays Bed-Stuy Bus Driver With Mystery Liquid, Police Say
The woman wore a surgical mask when she sprayed the unknown substance in the face of her B15 bus driver Friday night, police said.
BEDFORD STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — Police are searching a bus passenger in a surgical mask who sprayed a driver in the face with an unknown substance.
The B15 bus had stopped near Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Lafayette Avenue around 10:50 p.m. Friday when one of the passengers snuck up behind the driver sprayed him in the face, police announced Sunday.
The 57-year-old driver suffered a burning pain from the spray and was treated at Woodhull Hospital.
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Surveillance cameras capture pictures of the driver’s attacker, who police describe as a woman wearing a surgical mask and dark clothing.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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