A New Jersey Transit bus driver has been arrested for allegedly pummeling a straphanger and putting him in a chokehold in a caught-on-camera attack after the passenger apparently spat on him mid-route.
New Jersey bus driver accused of beating passenger, putting him in chokehold over alleged spitting: video
The driver, Toron Walker, was nabbed after the violent altercation with the male passenger erupted on a crowded bus in Newark on Friday afternoon, RLS Media reported. At one point, Walker was allegedly filmed getting the man in a chokehold as horrified passengers screamed for him to stop. Cops eventually boarded the bus, which was stopped at Court Street near Broad Street, and found Walker allegedly still pummeling the passenger, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said in a statement to The Post.The straphanger was also charged with aggravated assault for allegedly spitting on the driver, Fragé said.
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