Sydney bus driver attacked with machete by passenger
A bus driver was allegedly attacked by a teenage passenger with a machete in Blacktown on Saturday afternoon.
A witness told Nine News that she was sitting at the front of the bus talking to the driver at Blacktown train station when she saw a teenager run from the back of the bus and attack the driver who suffered cuts to his face and ear.
“This guy just ran up from the back of the bus and started machete-ing this poor bus driver, about seven to eight times, just whack, whack, whack,” the witness said.
The driver, aged 30, managed to flee the bus and the attacker then walked away “calm, cool and collected”, the witness told Nine.
The driver was taken to Westmead Hospital and the alleged attacker was arrested when he showed up at Blacktown Hospital a short time later.
The driver will undergo surgery but is in a stable condition.
The incident follows a man has been charged in December after allegedly spraying a bus driver with a chemical substance in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
The 50-year-old attempted to board a bus on Flinders Street at Surry Hills, but was told he could not, as it was at capacity, police said. The man then abused the driver, before allegedly spraying him in the face with a chemical, believed to be a mouth spray.