SF MUNI BUS DRIVER ASSAULTED AFTER REPAIRING BUS

By Adam Martin, Bay City News Service

February 6, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - A San Francisco Municipal Railway bus driver was assaulted Sunday after he stepped out of his bus to fix his power supply.

At about 5:30 p.m. the driver stopped his 24 Divisadero bus in the area of Palou Avenue and Quint Street in order to re-attach a rooftop boom to the overhead power line.

When the driver re-entered the bus the suspect beat him up, hitting him on the head 10 times, according to police. He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital.

It is unclear whether the suspect was a passenger on the bus or someone who got on while the driver was re-attaching his power boom, according to police.

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