Robert Miller
A nutjob doused the inside of this bus with pepper spray in Harlem, in an apparently random attack that sickened the driver and six passengers.
A maniac doused a city bus driver and several passengers with what is believed to be pepper spray in Harlem today, in the latest of a string of seemingly unprovoked attacks MTA employees, police said.
The female driver and three passengers were so sickened by the 1:30 p.m. attack at 125th Street and Lexington Avenue that they had to be treated at a hospital, cops said.
Police say a Hispanic man in his 30s walking outside the bus approached the vehicle as it was stopped on 125th Street, then sprayed the driver through an open window, apparently at random.
The driver and six passengers in all were sickened, but three passengers were treated on scene and refused a trip to the hospital. The driver and three other passengers were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital for skin and eye irritation, and difficulty breathing.
Today's pepper-spray attack comes on the heels of several random assaults on city bus drivers, including a terrifying syringe stabbing in Brooklyn on Sept. 24.
In that case, driver Mark Salandy was stabbed from behind by a deranged passenger who had snuck on board without paying.
The alleged stabber, Shelwyn Patt, 53, is charged with attempted murder and assault. He is free on $7,500 bail, but is barred from riding any city buses,
Salandy, the driver, fears the needle contained HIV — but he won't find out whether he's been infected for about a year.
Robert Miller
Fire Department personnel tend to stricken passengers after the bizarre attack.
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