Sydney bus driver cut with knife by passenger
A bus driver has been injured after being attacked with a knife in Sydney's west.
Emergency services were called to Blacktown Railway Station about 1.30pm on Saturday, where they found the male bus driver, aged in his 30s, with a cut to his ear.
It will be alleged an 18-year-old male passenger attacked the driver, before fleeing on foot, police said.
The driver was taken to Westmead Hospital for treatment.
Officers from Blacktown Police Area Command attended, establishing a crime scene and launching an investigation.
A short time later the 18-year-old man presented himself at Blacktown Hospital.
He was arrested and taken to Blacktown Police Station, where he was assisting with inquiries.
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.